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Question 227033: a truck and its load weigh 22800 lbs. If the load weighs 12,400 lbs more then the truck, how much does the truck weigh
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Question 227035: four consecutive numbers add up to 154. What is the smallest number
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Question 227053: Find 2 numbers m and n whose sum is 10 and whose product is 18.
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Question 226799: The larger of the two numbers is 1 more than 3 times the smaller. The differences between 8 times the smaller and 2 times is 10. Find the numbers.
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Question 227129: The sum of a number and 8 times its reciprocal is 6. Find the number(s).
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Question 227128: Sally can paint a room in 9 hours while it takes steve 8 hours to paint the same room. How long would it take them to paint the room if they worked together?
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Question 227231: The sum of two numbers is 34. Their difference 1s 18, What are the two numbers. Solve
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Question 227257: Lamps which cost $120 wholesale are sold for $192, at a profit of $6 per lamp. How many lamps were in the shipment?

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Question 227206: Every time I add two consecutive odd numbers I get an even number which is twice the number right in between my two odd numbers. Ex. 3+5= 8 (4x2=8), this conjecture works for all consecutive odd numbers. Now, I need to be able to show that this is always true with an algebraic explanation.
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Question 227339: the sum of the digits of a 2-digit number is 12. the second digit is six more than the first digit. what was the original number
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Question 227384: The sum of a number and seven is fifty-five. Find the number.
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Question 227386: The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 150. Find the numbers.
What does it mean consecutive even numbers? How do I do this?
Thank you
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Question 227513: The sum of 3 consecutive integers is 549. What is the middle number
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Question 227544: eight times a number is thirty-five more than the number.find the number
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Question 227553: one number exceeds another by 24. the sum of the numbers is 58. what are the numbers
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Question 227672: The sum of 2 even integers is -62. What is the smaller of the 2 numbers?
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Question 227634: the product of two numbers increased by 3

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Question 227854: The sum of 8 times a number and 5 is 37. Find the number.
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Question 228139: Which three consecutive integers have a product that is 800 times their sum?
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Question 228139: Which three consecutive integers have a product that is 800 times their sum?
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Question 228117: find the sum of two,five and four
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Question 227333: the second of 3 numbers is 6 more then the first. The third number is twice the first. the sum of the three numbers is 26. Find the three numbers
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Question 228109: Mary is the manger of a movie theater. For one show she sold 540 tickets and collected a total of $2935. If she sold adult tickets for $6.50 and student tickets for $4.00, how many of each did she sell?

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Question 228153: Find two numbers such that their quotient and difference are same
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Question 228227: a certain number is 4 less than another number . if the sum is 46 find the numbers.
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Question 228358: Two consecutive odd integers have a sum of 68. What are the integers?
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Question 228335: The sum of two consecutive numbers is the square of the product of the frst and fourth prime numbers. What are the two odd numbers?
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Question 228355: a donation box contains 30 coins consisting of nickels, dimes, and quaters. the number of dimes is 4 more than twice the number of quaters. if the total value of coins is $2.60, how much coins of each type are there?
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Question 228538: 180 people at a civic club fundraiser. Members pay $4.50 per ticket and NONmembers pay 8.25 per ticket. If total is $1,222.50 then how many members attended and how many non members attended.
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Question 228596: find two consecutive odd integers such that the difference of their squares is 160.
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Question 228601: One number is three more than a second number. The sum of their squares is 37 more than the product of the numbers. Find the numbers.
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Question 228595: find two consecutive even integers such that twice the larger is forty less than three times the smaller.
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Question 228574: The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 14. If the digits are reversed, the result exceeds the original number by 18. Find the original number.
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Question 228519: find two consecutive integers such that five times the first is 6 more than four times the second
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Question 228598: The sum of the digits of a three-digit number is 18. The ten's digit is 2 more than the unit's digit. If the digits are reversed, the resulting number is 396 less than the original number. Find the original number.
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Question 228683: Find four consecutive even integers such that the sum of the squares of the first and the second is 12 more than the last.
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Question 228683: Find four consecutive even integers such that the sum of the squares of the first and the second is 12 more than the last.
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Question 228697: Find three consecutive positive integers such that the product of the first and third, minus the second, is 1 more than 7 times the third.
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Question 228547: What is the consecutive number of which 4 over 7 of the sum of first and second equals the third numbers decrease by 1?
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Question 228746: I am thibking of a three digit number. It is an odd multiple of three, and the product of its digits is 24. It is larger than 15 squared. What are the five numbers I could be thinking of?
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Question 228836: The sum of three numbers is 123. The second number is 9 less than two times the first number. The third number is 6 more than three times the first number. Find the three numbers. Thank you very much.
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Question 228843: ten less than a number is negative thirteen. find the number what is the equation and solution?

The state of indiana has approximately 2.1 million more people than Kentucky. together their population totals 10.3 million. approximately how many people are in each state? what is the solution and the equation?

Three raffle tickets are represented by three consecutive integers. if the sum of the three integers is 1,982,031, find the ticket numbers. what is the solution and the equation?
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Question 228871: The sum of the reciprocals of two consecutive odd integers is 20/90. Find the two integers.
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Question 228929: How can i find two consecutive integers whose sum is 45?
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Question 228933: How do you find two consecutive integers who sum is -29?
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