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Question 312087: The square of the sum of a number and 3 is 16.Find the numeber. There are two solutions.

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Question 312078: "Find three consecutive integers such that the sum of the first and twice the second is 122 minus three times the third"
This is how I have the problem set up
x+2(x+1)=122-3(x+2)
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Question 312090: Jackie has grades of 83, 76, and 65 on her first three algebra tests. If she wants an average of at least 80, what possible scores must she make on her fourth test?
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Question 312118: The sum of the squares of two consecutive positive even numbers is 52. What is the smaller number?

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Question 312124: find three consecutive even integers so that the first plus twice the second is twice the third
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Question 312111: The sum of the squares of two consecutive positive numbers is 61.
what is the smaller number?
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Question 312184: what is 9 more than two times a number
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Question 312284: THE SUM OF TWO NUMBERS IS 26. FIND THE TWO NUMBERS IF THE LARGER NUMBER IS 2 LESS THAN THREE TIMES THE SMALLER NUMBER
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Question 312340: Two times a number plus the square of the number equals 35. Find the number
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Question 312348: during an intramural basketball game team a scored 18 fewer points than team b together both teams scored a total of 150 points how many points did teama score during he game?
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Question 312349: 1/3a-1/3=-3
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Question 312395: what are three consecutive odd numbers that add up to 357?

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Question 312350: two numbers have a sum of 21 if one of the numbers is q express the other in terms of q

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Question 312347: the difference of a number and 8 is the same as 34 less the number. find the number

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Question 312337: The sum of the squares of two consecutive positive numbers is 85. What is the smaller number?
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Question 312472: Find three consecutive integers, such that five times the third, minus two times the first, is the same as four times the second, minus forty.
Define the three unknowns.
Write the equation using the unknowns.
Solve the equation.
Write the result in a complete sentence.
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Question 312439: Find a three digit number such that if the digits at the tens place and the hundreds place are reversed then the number obtained is twenty percent greater than the original number.
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Question 312535: A number added to its square is 56. Find the number. Answer in this form: 6 or 7
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Question 312532: If anyone can answer this that would be helpful Thank you! Four times the square of a number is 16. Find the number. Answer in this form: 6 or 7
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Question 312533: the area of a rug is 36 square feet. The length of the rug is 5 feet longer than the width. What is the width of the rug?
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Question 312323: The sum of an integer and three times another integer is 18. Determine the value of the two integers if their product is a maximum. Thanks!
What I have so far:
x + 3y = 18
x = 18 - 3y
Product = xy = y (18-3y)
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Question 312531: The sum of the squares of two consecutive positive numbers is 41. What is the smaller number?
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Question 312612: Find three consecutive positive even integers such that the product of the second and third integers is twenty more than ten times the first integer.
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Question 312646: The Sum of two numbers is 20. Three times the
Smaller is equal to two times the larger. Find the two numbers.
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Question 312771: sum of the digits of a two digit number is 9. if you interchange the digits the new number will be greater than the original number by 27. what is the two digit number

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Question 312986: a number,twice that number,and 1/5 of that number are add,the result is 16?
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Question 312986: a number,twice that number,and 1/5 of that number are add,the result is 16?
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Question 312986: a number,twice that number,and 1/5 of that number are add,the result is 16?
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Question 313036: the product of a number and 3 is 9.what is the number?
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Question 313099: 3 times the first of three consecutive numbers is 4 more than 2 times the second. Write an equation and solve the problem.
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Question 313189: there are two numbers whose sum is 9 and the difference is 5 what are the numbers
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Question 313304: two positive integers with a difference of six. if the smaller is added to the square of the larger the sum is 84. what are the two integers?
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Question 313391: How many three digit numbers are such that the product of their digits is 120?
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Question 313391: How many three digit numbers are such that the product of their digits is 120?
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Question 313391: How many three digit numbers are such that the product of their digits is 120?
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Question 313399: Three times the first of three consecutive numbers is four more than two times the second.
3x=2(x+1)+4
3x=2(x+2)+4
3x=2(x+3)+4 is this how I would set it up?
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Question 313381: what are four consecutive numbers whose sum is 34?
what must i find?
What do i know?
what strategy should i use?

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Question 313382: 300 people were polled to see if a dog or cat were their favorite pet. 185 likes dogs 130 liked cats and 75 people liked both. how many people didnt like either pet?
What must i find?
What do i know?
What strategy should i use?

thank you very much for your help I greatly appreciate it
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Question 313592: Grace read one quarter of a book on Monday. Tuesday she read one quarter
of the remaining pages. Wednesday she read one quarter of the pages she had
not yet read. Thursday she read the final 81 pages. How many pages are in the
book?
(A) 192 (B) 243 (C) 256 (D) 324 (E) 446

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Question 313600: The sum of all the digits used in writing the integers from 1 to 10 is 46. What is the sum of all the digits used to write the integers from 1 to 50?
(A) 230 (B) 240 (C) 270 (D) 284 (E) 330
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Question 313684: two positive numbers have a difference of 8. larger number is 2 less than 3 times the smallerer number
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Question 313781: The last digit of 3^2007 is
a 1 b 3 c 5 d 7 e 9
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Question 313927: The product of two consecutive positive integers is 109 more than their sum. Find the integers
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Question 313937: When 10% of a number is added to the number, the result is 143. What is the number?
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Question 313960: A car rental agency charges $150 per week plus $.20 per mile to rent a car. How many miles can you travel for $250?
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