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Question 35415: Find 4 whole consecutive numbers from which the sum is 236.
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Question 30615: the long distance plan for the regular in home phone costa 6.95 per month plus 0.05 per min for long distance calls both within your states and between states with no limit to the number of minutes of call time. which plan is more economical. write an expresion that represents the monthly costs for the in home rate plan also for the monthly cellular rate plan
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Question 35727: Good evening, Would u help please with my Digit problem

The ones digit of a whole number is 1 more than twice the tens digit. When the two digits are reversed, the new number is 4 less than twice the original number. Find the original number.
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Question 35922: Teacher's own problem, not loacted in a book. Three consecutive even integers are such that the square of the third is 76 more than the square of the second. Find the three integers.
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Question 36145: I'm doing a digit problem and i don't understand. The problem is: the sum of the digits of a two digit number is 10. if the digits are reversed, the new number is 1 less than twice the original number. what is the original number.
we supposed to use 10T+U for the original number and 10U+T for the reversed number but I don't understand how to set the 2 equations up- the one with the original and reversed number then the one with the sum of the digits of a two digit number is 10. Please help me-thank-you
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Question 20876: 3k+12l-5l-2k+6l='

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Question 20876: 3k+12l-5l-2k+6l='

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Question 36364: find two consecutive even integers whose product is
288
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Question 36392: find the sum of two even consecutive intergers whose sum is 702
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Question 36838: The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 14. If the number represented by reversing the digits is subtracted from the origianl number, the result is 18. What is the original number?
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Question 36837: The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 14. If the number represented by reversing the digits is subtracted from the origianl number, the result is 18. What is the original number?
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Question 37090: Phil and Phyllis are siblings. Phyllis has twice as many brothers as she has sisters. Phil has the same number of brothers as sisters. How many girls and how many boys are in the family?
I dont even know where to start with this one.
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Question 27301: i need a help with this problem..i need to pass it tomorrow..can anyone help me? plzZzZzZzZ
the sum of three consecutive integers is -48. find the integers.
thanks!
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Question 36086: The sum of 5 and a negative integer is greater than -4 and less than 0. How many possible negative intergers satisfy the information?
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Question 37807: Professor Davis counts his midterm as 2/3 of the gradeand his final as 1/3 of the grade. Jason scored only 64 on the midterm. What range of scores on the final exam would put Jason's average between 70 and 79 in inclusive?
THANK U MUCH :)
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Question 38192: How many sets of three consecutive integers are there for which their sum does not equal three times the middle integer?
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Question 38386: find a number such that 25 more than half the number is 60.
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Question 38559: How do you solve real numbers
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Question 38774: 2) Use the geometric sequence of numbers 1, 3, 9, 27, … to find the following:
What is r, the ratio between 2 consecutive terms?
Answer:
a) Using the formula for the nth term of a geometric sequence, what is the 10th term?
Answer:
Show work in this space.

b) Using the formula for the sum of a geometric series, what is the sum of the first 10 terms?
Answer:
Show work in this space.

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Question 38898: The product of two consecutive odd intergers is 1 less than 4 times the sum. find the two intergers.
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Question 38946: This problem is from Dr.Rapalje's Intermediate Algebra book, section 1.05, page 56, problem number 7.
Using a "let" statement:
Find two consecutive odd integers such that twice the second plus the first is 121.
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Question 38958: A man bought two lots for the same price. He sold one at a profit of $3,000 and the other at a loss of $1,500, receiving twice as much for the first lot as for the second. What did each lot cost?
(this is not from a textbook) Thank You
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Question 38961: Hi! Can you help me with this problem?
One number is 4 times another number. The larger number is also 87 more than the smaller number. Find the numbers.
If you could help me it would be very much appreciated.
Thanks.
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Question 38971: From Hanover, New Hampshire to Albany, New York is 5 miles farther than from Albany to Burlington, Vermont. From Burlington to Hanover is 45 miles less than from Burlington to Albany. What are the distances between the places if a circuit of the three is 392 miles?
(This is not from a book, helping a friend and I got stumped)
Thank You
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Question 38982: Joe, Jane, and Bill weigh 40, 70, and 90 lbs. respectively and use a plank 15 ft. long for a teeterboard. Bill sits 3 ft., Jane 5 ft., and Joe 8 ft. from the fulcrum, on the same side. How far must their father, who weighs 188 lbs., sit from the fulcrum to balance his children?
(Not from a book) I got stumped on trying to put this equation together. Thank you for your help.
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Question 39134: The Marble Club has six members. Each member contributes his marbles and holds office on the basis of the number of marbles he contributes. The president has contributed 104 marbles more than the vice-president, who in turn has contributed 203 more than the treasurer. The secretary donated 1/2 the amount of the vice-president. The marble counter contributed 3 more than the sergeant at arms, and they have contributed 485 marbles together. If the total number of marbles is 3,886, how many did each contribute?
(not from a text) Please help me solve, Thank you
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Question 39096: The Marble Club has six members. Each member contributes his marbles and holds office on the basis of the number of marbles he contributes. The president has contributed 104 marbles more than the vice-president, who in turn has contributed 203 more than the treasurer. The secretary donated 1/2 the amount of the vice-president. The marble counter contributed 3 more than the sergeant at arms, and they have contributed 485 marbles together. If the total number of marbles is 3,886, how many did each contribute?
(Not from a text) Thank You
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Question 38991: The Marble Club has six members. Each member contributes his marbles and holds office on the basis of the number of marbles he contributes. The president has contributed 104 marbles more than the vice-president, who in turn has contributed 203 more than the treasurer. The secretary donated 1/2 the amount of the vice-president. The marble counter contributed 3 more than the sergeant at arms, and they have contributed 485 marbles together. If the total number of marbles is 3,886, how many did each contribute?
(not from a text, a friend needed help and I could't figure this one) Thanks for your help.
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Question 39140: Two men lift a weight of 216 lbs. suspended from a pole 6 ft. long carried between them. If the weight is 2 1/2 ft. from one man and 3 1/2 ft. from the other, how much does each lift?
(not from a text) need help on this one.
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Question 39138: George weighs 60 lbs. more than 1/2 his younger brother Galen's weight. If their weights balance when George is 4 ft. from the fulcrum on a 10 ft. long teeterboard, what are their weights?
(not from a text) I need help on this please, Thank you.
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Question 39156: George weighs 60 lbs. more than 1/2 his younger brother Galen's weight. If their weights balance when George is 4 ft. from the fulcrum on a 10 ft. long teeterboard, what are their weights?
(Need help on this, don't know why I can't do this) Thank You
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Question 39098: George weighs 60 lbs. more than 1/2 his younger brother Galen's weight. If their weights balance when George is 4 ft. from the fulcrum on a 10 ft. long teeterboard, what are their weights?
(Not from a text) Can You please figure this one. Thank You
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Question 39408: The sum of two numbers is 100. One number is 5 less than twice the other. Find the numbers.
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Question 39574: You have at least $30 in change in your drawer consisting of dimes and quarters. Write an inequality of coins in your drawer.
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Question 37092: Find the value of 'a' such that the graphs of 4y=ax+2 and 1/5y = 1/4x + 7 are parallel. i'm trying to figure out this question cuz my little bro is having problems with it, and i cant get it. thanks
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Question 39847: If you have only 5 cent stamps and 3 cent stamps, how many ways can you put 23 cents postage on a letter?

Also There are 145 students in a classs. If each student greeted and shook hands with every other student in the class, how many handshakes would there be?

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Question 39828: The units of a two-digit number is 1 less than the tens digit. Nine times the tens digit is less than the number with the digits reversed. Find the least such number.
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Question 40794: One number is 8 less than another number. Their sum is 80. Find the numbers.
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Question 40962: Find three consecutive nunbers where the product of two smaller numbers is 37 less than the square of the largest number
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Question 40962: Find three consecutive nunbers where the product of two smaller numbers is 37 less than the square of the largest number
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Question 40859: The difference of two numbers is 34. The second is 4 less than 3 times the first. What are the two numbers? The sum of two numbers is 92. The second is 4 more that 3 times the first what are the two numbers?
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Question 41589: One positive number is 8 more than another. The sum of their squares is 130. Find both numbers.
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Question 41589: One positive number is 8 more than another. The sum of their squares is 130. Find both numbers.
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