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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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Question 230665: One-third of a number is 2 more than one-sixth of the same number. What is the number?
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Question 230664: One-sixth of a number is 5 more than the same number. What is the number?
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Question 230666: The denominator of a certain fraction is three times the numerator. If 2 is added to the numerator and subtracted from the denominator, the resulting fraction is equivalent to 1. What was the original fraction (not written in lowest terms)?
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Question 230742: The sum of 3 consecutive EVEN integers is 174. What is the first integer?
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Question 230780: Respected tutor iam in hurry and want answer plz help me.Thankyou.The question is:Find two consecutive natural numbers,such that one third of the smaller numbers is one more than one fourth of the greater.
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Question 230833: a plumber and his apprentice work for 8 hours. The plumber makes $4.50 more than the apprentice. How much do they each make
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Question 230833: a plumber and his apprentice work for 8 hours. The plumber makes $4.50 more than the apprentice. How much do they each make
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Question 230771: The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 13. If the digits are reversed, the
new number is 27 greater than the original number. What is the original two-digit
number?
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Question 230669: the value of a 2 digit number is more than 3 times the sum of its digits. The units digit is 1 more than twice the tens digit. find the 2 digit number.
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Question 230918: One positive integer is 5 greater than the other. The sum of the square of the two integers is 37. Find the two numbers.

my work: 5x^2+x^2=37
6x^2=37
6x^2/6=37/6
x^2=37/6
(x^2)^1/2=(37/6)^1/2
x=2.48
I am not getting the correct answer using this formula.
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Question 230878: Find the number whose double exceeds 70 by as much as the number itself is less than 140.

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Question 230952: The larger of the two numbers is 4 time the smaller. If the larger number exceeds the smaller number by 15, find the number.
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Question 230879: In a group of 138 persons, composed of men, women, and children, there are 3 times as many children as men, and twice as many women as men. How many are there of each?

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Question 231058: Assume that the denominator x of a fraction is greater than the numerator, 2x-5. Find all such fractions for which both the numerator and the denominator are positive integers.
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Question 231143: the sum of three odd consecutive numbers equls 69
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Question 231143: the sum of three odd consecutive numbers equls 69
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Question 231185: Find 2 consecutive integers such that twice the smaller exceeds the larger by 8
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Question 231186: Find 3 consecutive odd integers such that twice the 2nd decreased by the 3rd is 3 less than twice the 1st
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Question 231186: Find 3 consecutive odd integers such that twice the 2nd decreased by the 3rd is 3 less than twice the 1st
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Question 231181: find three cosecutive odd integers such that three times the middle integer is
one more than the sum of the first and third.
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Question 231198: find three cosecutive odd integers such that three times the middle integer is
one more than the sum of the first and third.
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Question 231202: twice the smallest of three consecutive odd intergers is seven more
than the largest.
find the integers
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Question 231304: One number is 5 more than another. Three times the smaller number decreased by twice the larger number is = to 5 more than the smaller # what are the #s
I just can't seem to figure this out, Help!
Joe
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Question 231443: the product of two consecutive whole numbers is 72. by forming the necessary equation, determine these numbers
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Question 231442: divide 90 into 9 parts such that each digit is odd digit
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Question 231466: two times a number decreased by six is ten? what is the correct equation for this english phrase?
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Question 231541: a two-digit number has a ten's digit that is two less the unit's digit. The number formed by reversing the digits exceeds the orginal number by three times the unit's digit. What is the number.
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Question 231565: Find three consecutive even integers such that their sum is -60
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Question 231616: The sum of two consecutive integers is -339.Find the larger integer.
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Question 231621: The sum of 3 numbers is 10. The first is twice the second. The sum of the second and third is 6. Find the numbers.
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Question 231624: The sum of 3 numbers is 10. The first is twice the second. The sum of the second and third is 6. Find the numbers.
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Question 231676: The difference between two numbers is ten. Four times the larger decreased by 30 equals three times the smaller increased by twenty. What are the numbers.
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Question 231784: the length in centimeters of two sides of a rectangle are consecutive odd integers. the perimeter is 120 cm. what is the area of th rectangle
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Question 231781: the sum of a integer and its square is 210, find the integer.
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Question 231924: How many multiples of 3 less than 1000 can be formed from the digits 2, 5, 9?
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Question 231924: How many multiples of 3 less than 1000 can be formed from the digits 2, 5, 9?
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Question 231921: If the larger number is subtracted from 6 times the smaller number, the result is 20. If twice the larger number is added to 4 times the smaller, the result is 56. Find the two numbers
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Question 231919: The sum of two integers is 51. The larger number is 3 more than twice the smaller number. Find the integers.
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Question 231912: seven less than a twice a number is the same as one less than the number.find the number.
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Question 231788: A great lakes ore carrier must travel at an average speed of 24mph for 9 hours to reach its destination on shcedule. Fog forced the captain to reduce the speed to 21 mph for the first 6 hours. to arrive on time, what should be the ships average speed for the rest of the trip.

Plz include how you solved the promblem
Thanks!
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Question 232027: 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 232034: 1/2n-6=1/3n.....find the number
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Question 232153: the sum of 3 numbers is 49 the second number is twice the first and the third is 1 less than the second find the numbers
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