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Question 43020: I'm trying to double check mt math--Here is my problem:
One employee of a retail electronics store is paid a base salary of $1800 a month plus a 2% commission on sales she makes during the month. What were her sales last month if she earned a total of $2,165.46?

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Question 43931: 1. the sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 39. <-- do not solve
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Question 44058: I need four consecutive even integers whose sum is 340. thanks
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Question 44149This question is from textbook Begining Algebra

: Social science. In a town election, the winning candidate had 220 more votes than the loser. If 810 votes were cast in all, how many voters did each candidate recieve?This question is from textbook Begining Algebra

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Question 44442This question is from textbook Begining Algebra

: The sum of two numbers is 34. Their difference is 10. What are the two numbers?This question is from textbook Begining Algebra

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Question 44442This question is from textbook Begining Algebra

: The sum of two numbers is 34. Their difference is 10. What are the two numbers?This question is from textbook Begining Algebra

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Question 44442This question is from textbook Begining Algebra

: The sum of two numbers is 34. Their difference is 10. What are the two numbers?This question is from textbook Begining Algebra

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Question 44440This question is from textbook Begining Algebra

: The difference of two numbers is 27. The second is 1 less than 3 times the first. What are the two numbers?This question is from textbook Begining Algebra

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Question 44837: The sum of two numbers is 43. The second is 1 more than 2 times the first. What are the two numbers?
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Question 44848: I am a whole number between 40,000 and 50,000. When I am divided by 2, the asnwer is a perfect square. When I am divided by 3, the answer is a perfect cube. Who am I?
I need to explain how I got this
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Question 44856: I have to find a 3 digit house number with the help of the following clues:
If you add 1 to the number, it is a multiple of 8
If you add 5 to the number it is a multiple of 9
If you add 2 to the number it is a multiple of 11.
Please explain fully as I don't even know where to start.
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Question 45832: What are the last two digits of:
(A)3 to the power of 1994
(B)7 to the power of 1994
(C)3 to the power of 1994 + 7 to the power of 1994
(D)7 to the power of 1994 - 3 to the power of 1994
Its something to do with congruences and modulo, but I dont understand what they mean.
Please show any working out
Thanks
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Question 46937: Find three consecutive odd integers such that three times the first minus the second is one more than the third.
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Question 47094: If there are 6 x 10^9 people on the Earth and there is enough fresh-water to provide each person with 8.79 x 10^5 L, how much fresh-water is on the earth?
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Question 47425: The tens digits exceed twice the units digit by 2.The number represented when the digits is reversed is 5 more than 3 times the sum of the digits.
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Question 47532: Please Help Me
1.What is the a.smallest b.largest 8-digit even number?
2.What number is one less than 9100000?
3.What is the greatest and the least number that would produce 6500 when rounded to the nearest hundred? How many numbers around to 6500 to the nearest hundred?
Thank you
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Question 47592: my age is three times my age before three years subtracted from three times my age after three years.then what is my age?
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Question 48219This question is from textbook College Algebra

: The sum of two numbers is twice their difference. The larger number is 6 more than twice the smaller. Find the numbers.
Thank you so much!This question is from textbook College Algebra

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Question 48327: The sum of the digits of a two-digit no. is 11. If the digits are reversed the new no. is 7 more than twice the original no. Find the original no.

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Question 48363: If one-half of one integer is subracted from three-fifths of the next consecutive integer, the difference is 3. What are the two integers?
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Question 48487: the square root of 69 is between 8 and 9.
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Question 48688: Find two consecutive positive integers such that the sum of their square is 85
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Question 48687: A solar collector is 2.5m long by 2.0m wide. It is held in place by a frame of uniform width around its outside edge. If the exposed collector area is 2.5m^2 , what is the width of the frame, to the nearest tenth of a centimeter?
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Question 48862This question is from textbook albrega II

: The sum of the digits of a two digit no. is 12. If the digits are reversed, the new no. is 15 more than twice the original no. Find the orginal no.
This question is from textbook albrega II

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Question 48984: A highway in a large Western state is straight as an arrow and runs in an east-west direction. There are mile markers set one mile apart on the highway. They are numbered beginning with mile 1, one mile from the eastern border of the state, to mile 300, on the western border.
A state policeman patrols a certain stretch of the road and often needs to know where he is. Sometimes he remembers a mile marker, but at other times he just remembers how far he has traveled east or west.
The policeman starts at a mile marker 44 and travels 21 miles east to a traffic jam. He then travels seven more miles east where he stops to pick up litter along the road. he then drives 17 miles west to look for a lost dog. he then drives four miles east to a stalled car. at what mile marker was the stalled car?
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Question 49312This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

: Can someone help me out with this one?
A garden area is 30 ft long and 20 ft wide. A path of uniform width is set around the edge. If the remaining garden area is 400 ft^2, what is the width of the path?This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

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Question 49543: Dear tutors please help me with my bring home exam..,!! pleasE!!
1. Find all sets of three consecutive integers whose sum is greater that 54 and less than 63.
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Question 49790: The sum of two integers is 30. Eight times the smaller integer is six more than five times the larger integer.Find the integers
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Question 50017: the tens digit t of a two digit number is 2 less than the ones digit u. if the digits are reversed, the result is 5 more than twice the original number. what was the original number?
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Question 50113: Please help me answere my homework...thanks
question:
The sum of the digit of a 2 digit no. is 12, if 6 is subtracted from the no. the result is 1/2 the no. form by reversing the digit of the original no..
what is the original no.?
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Question 50407This question is from textbook
: A 60 foot rope is cut into four pieces, with each successive piece twice as long as the previous one. Find the length of the longest piece.This question is from textbook

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Question 50576: The degree measures of the angles of a pentagon are consecutive even integers. Find the measure of the largest angle. (Hint: the sum of the measures of the angles of a pentagon is 540 degrees).
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Question 50589This question is from textbook mathmatics

: let g represent a student's grade and let m represent the number of problems missed. which equation shows the relationship between problems missed and test grade?This question is from textbook mathmatics

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Question 50633: Find two consecutive positive integers such that the sum of their squares is 85.
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Question 50886: Factor completly
3 X cubed - 27 X squared + 60 X
I need step by step instructions please
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Question 51386: A dress is on sale for $35, and the sale advertises that prices have been slashed 30%. What was the original retail price of the dress?
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Question 51917: Find three consecutive odd intergers such that three times the second minus the third is 11 more than the first
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Question 52053: The sum of 2 integers is 10. Three times the larger is three less than 8 times the smaller. Find the integers
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Question 52058: find three consecutive odd integer such that 3 times the middle integer is 7 more than the sum of the first and third integer
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Question 52170: Find three consecutive odd intergers such that the sum of the first, two times the second, and three times the third is 82. this has me stumped

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Question 52328: The tens` digit of a two-digit number is 3 more than the units` digit. The number is 8 more than 6 times the sum of the digits.(85)(74)(52) or(41)
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Question 52615: find three consecutive odd integers whose sum is 117
I tried:
x+(x+2)+(x+4)=117 then I don't know what to do from there...
Thanks
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Question 52621: find two consecutive even integers whose sum is 217.
I have no idea what to do on that problem.
Thanks if someone can help.
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Question 52621: find two consecutive even integers whose sum is 217.
I have no idea what to do on that problem.
Thanks if someone can help.
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Question 52650: Find 3 consecutive odd integers such that the sum of the smallest and 4 times the largest is 61
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