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Question 228959: how can i find two consecutive odd integers whose sum is -88?
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Question 229033: 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 229063: what are three positive integers whose sum equals their product?
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Question 229063: what are three positive integers whose sum equals their product?
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Question 229087: Find three consecutive even numbers such that the 1st number when subtracted from the sum of the last two numbers the result is 8 less than the sum of the three numbers,Find the Three consecutive even numbers. ;)
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Question 228951: Hi i'm not sure this is the exact correct category for my specific word problem but this is it. Please show me your work if possible, I have no idea how to do this, and this would help greatly, Thank you:
12.Find four consecutive ODD integers such that the third is the sum of the fourth and twice the second?

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Question 229118: The smaller of two numbers is two-thirds of the larger, and the sum of their reciprocals is 1/6. What are the numbers?
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Question 229176: One number is 13 more than another, and the sum of the smaller number and twice the larger number is 50. Find the two numbers.
This is what I tried. x + y = 50
y = 2x + 13

x + y = 50
y = 2x + 13
x + (2x + 13) = 50
3x + 13 = 50

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Question 229176: One number is 13 more than another, and the sum of the smaller number and twice the larger number is 50. Find the two numbers.
This is what I tried. x + y = 50
y = 2x + 13

x + y = 50
y = 2x + 13
x + (2x + 13) = 50
3x + 13 = 50

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Question 229190: What is the slope of a binomial 2x+3
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Question 229191: Suppose that you square two consecutive whole numbers and subtract the smaller square from the larger. Is it possible that the difference is an even number?
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Question 229234: Caleb was studying the menu at his favorite restaurant. He has these choices.
1st course-soup or salad
2nd course-chicken, beef or fish
3rd course-pie or cake
Show all combinations at his three course meal

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Question 229208: Of two numbers , one exceeds the other by 32. their sum is 46 . find the numbers.
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Question 229285: one fourth of a number is 3 times greater than one sixth of it find the number
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Question 229302: My greatest digit is 9. But im less than 900. I am one more than a multiple of 10, my digits equal 12. What am i ?
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Question 229323: The length and width of a square are increased by 6 feet and 8 feet respectively the result is a rectangle whose area is 188 square feet more than the area of the square. find the length of the side of the square
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Question 229322: An 18-inch by 20-inch sheet of cardboard is cut and folded to make a box for a comany. Write a polynomial function to model the volume of the box.
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Question 229322: An 18-inch by 20-inch sheet of cardboard is cut and folded to make a box for a comany. Write a polynomial function to model the volume of the box.
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Question 229341: The difference between 4 times the number of trees on the school lawn and 11 is the same as the sum of twice the number of trees and 5. What is the number of trees on the lawn?
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Question 229377: The sum of three numbers is 16. The sum of twice the first number, 3 times the second number, and 4 times the third number is 46. The difference between 5 times the first number and the second number is 31. Find the three numbers.
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Question 229420: one number is seven times a second number. four times the smaller number plus twice the larger number equals 36. find the number
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Question 229420: one number is seven times a second number. four times the smaller number plus twice the larger number equals 36. find the number
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Question 229212: Amy invests a part of $12000 in bonds paying 11% interest. The remainder is in a savings account at 8%. If she receives $1200 in interest for 1 year, how much does she have invested at each rate?
I am trying to help my son. We both do not understand how to do this. Thanks in advance for your time.

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Question 229494: i need help with this problem
Ken is thinking of a number,Nine more than the product of 4 and the number
is 73. Find Kens number

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Question 229735: The product of two consecutive even intergers is 74.
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Question 229799: Find three consecutive even integers such that the third is 16 less than twice the second
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Question 229831: We are two even numbers whose sum is 6. Neither of us is 4. Who are we?
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Question 229844: One-half of a number decreased by two-thirds is two less than one-fifth of the number. How do I write this as an equation. I got 1/2n - 2/3 = 1/5n - 2
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Question 229901: What are two consecutive odd whole numbers such that the sum of their squares is 130?
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Question 229975: A number doubled and then increased by three. The result is 21. whats the original number?
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Question 230005: The second number is 6 more than twice the 1st number?
1st number X
2nd number ?

Thank you!

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Question 229990: If next year (2010) is written as a product of two positive integers, who's difference is as small as possible, then what is the difference?
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Question 230119: The first day of the year 2009 was Tuesday and there are 365 days in this year,what will be the day of the week when 2010 begins?
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Question 230104: The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 15. One half of a number diminished by 15 is 24. Find the number.
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Question 230197: what are 3 consecutive numbers when the product of the smallest two numbers is 28 less than the square of the largest number?
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Question 230222: Write the following as an algrebraic expression, Then simplify.
The sum of three even consecutive integers if the first integer is y.

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Question 230299: The sum of the digits of a 3 digit number is 12 and the product of the digits is 48. The digits are in order from greatest to least. What is the number?
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Question 230300: Frank is 4 yrs. older than Bill. Five years ago Frank was twice as old as Bill. How old is Frank now?
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Question 230368: The second of three numbers is 6 more than 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 230378: find three consecutive odd integers such that the largest decreased by 3times the second is 47 less than the smallest.
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Question 230401: find 2 consecutive even integers such the twice the smaller diminished by twenty is equal to the larger
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Question 230481: find foou conscutive numbers that add to 44



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Question 230473: Sherlock Hemlock thought of two numbers. Their sum was 20 and the sum of their squares was 300. What was their product?
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Question 230473: Sherlock Hemlock thought of two numbers. Their sum was 20 and the sum of their squares was 300. What was their product?
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Question 230584: When 2 is added to the difference between 6 times a number and 5, the result is greater than 13 added to 5 times the number find all such numbers?
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