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Question 208515: if n is an integer, the next consecutive integer is represented by ______.
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Question 208551: I know the answer to X is 0, but I can't figure out how to get that answer. The problem is:
1/2 (x-3)+ (3/2-x)=5x
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Question 208625: THE SUM OF TWO CONSECUTIVE ODD NUMBERS IS 196. WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS?
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Question 208859: How do you find consecutive integers? I need to fine the 2 consecutive odd integers for 116
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Question 208722: If n is an integer, which of the following represents an odd number?
(A) 2n+3 (B) 2n (C) 2n+3 (D) 3n (E) n+1

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Question 208861: what number added to .04 of itself equals 46.8
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Question 206636: Find two consecutive odd integers whose product is 195.
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Question 209076: I am a 3-digit number. All of my digits are odd. Iam less than 600. I am greater than 400. If you add my digits you get 15. My last digit is 7. What am I?
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Question 209112: Find four consecutive even integers such that the sum of the second and fourth be 74.
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Question 209245: A group of teenagers wanted to hire a small bus for their prom and they split the $600 total cost equally. If they had had 5 fewer people, each person would have paid $10 more. How many teenagers were there and how much did they each pay?
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Question 209221: A rectangular dog pen is twice as long as it is wide. The perimeter of the pen is 36ft. Find the length and width of the pen.
W=width
w x 2=length
P=2l + 2w
p=36= 2 (w x 2)+ 2 x w
36= 2w x 4 + 2w
36= 4w x 4

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Question 209305: There are rabbits and chickens in a tent. There are 105 animals all together. How many are rabbits and how many are chickens?
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Question 209296: Shelby inherited 1,000,000. He invested part of the money in a thoroughbred horse-breeding farm and the rest in a southern plantation. If shelby earns 12% on the farm and 2% on the plantation, for a combined profit of 50,000 how much did he invest in the farm?
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Question 209310: I'd have a question; how do I find out how many odd 2 digit numbers are greater than 30?
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Question 209310: I'd have a question; how do I find out how many odd 2 digit numbers are greater than 30?
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Question 209260: A photograph measures 8 in. by 10 in. Earl put it in a frame that is 2 in. wide. Find the area of the frame and its outside perimeter.
Unknown: length of frame
Known: width of frame
photo is 8 in. x 10 in.
A=lw
a=l x 2 in.

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Question 209374: A bicyclist and a hiker leave the same place at the same time and travel in the same direction. The bicyclist travels three times as fast as the hiker. At the end of 3 hours they are 24 miles apart. How fast does the hiker travel?
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Question 209550: three consecutive even integers are such that the sum of the smallest and 3 times the second is 38 more than twice the third. what are the integers?
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Question 209576: Two shepherds have sheep. One shepherd says to the other" You give me 4 of your sheep and we will both have the same amount. The second shepherd says" no, you give me 4 of your sheep and I will have twice as many as you do. How many did they each start with?
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Question 209599: I'm having trouble on how to figure this out. I don't know how to set this up as an equation. the sum of three numbers is 137. The second number is 30 less than 4 times the first. The third number is 20 more than twice the first number. please help me figure out how to write this as an equation! thank you!
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Question 209611: A water main for a street is being laid using a particular kind of pipe that comes in either 16-foot sections or 20-foot sections. The designer has determined that the water main would require 10 fewer sections of 20-foot pipe than if 16-foot sections were used. Find the total length of the water main.
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Question 209624: The Orchard brothers always plant their apple trees in square arrays, like those illustrated. This year they planted 29 more apple trees in their square orchard than last year. If the orchard is still square, how many apple trees are there in the orchard this year?

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Question 209650: the sum is 12 and the same digit is used 3 times to get this sum.it is not 4.what is the digit?
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Question 209713: what 5 consecutive odd numbers total 95
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Question 209804: find three consecutive positive integers such as that the square of the first, increased by the last is 22
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Question 209803: the second of three numbers is 8 more than the first, and the third number is 3 less than 3 times the first. if the third number is 15 more than the second, find the three numbers.
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Question 209733: Find 4 consecutive integers such that the sum of the second and fourth is 76.
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Question 209849: the weight of the cereal in a snack mixure is five times the weight of nuts. the total weight of the mixure is 300 grams, find the weight of the cereal.
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Question 209848: a worker earned $50 more this month than last month. total earnings for the two months were $870. how much was earned this month?
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Question 209908: Mystery number
Ramon is thinking of an even number that is more than 20 and less than 40
CLUES
*The digit in tens place is an odd number
*The sum of the digits is 7
What is the number
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Question 209961: What is the largest of the three consecutive odd integers whose sum is 57
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Question 210015: what number must be added to the numerator of 3/10 to produce the fraction 4/5
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Question 210015: what number must be added to the numerator of 3/10 to produce the fraction 4/5
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Question 210014: the sum of two integers is ten. three times the larger integer is three less than eight times the smaller integer
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Question 210031: wht is the solution of, a two digit number is four times the sum of its digits and thrice the product of its digits. find the number.
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Question 210068: If there are two whole numbers that when added the sum is 118, and when the smaller is subtracted from the larger the difference is 36; What are the numbers?
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Question 210119: The product of two numbers is 96. Their difference is 10. What are the numbers?
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Question 210165: The sum of two numbers is 18. Find the numbers, if three times the smaller is one less than twice the larger.
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Question 210197: Two consecutive odd integers have a product of 99. Find all sets of integers that satisfy this description.
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