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Question 362574: The smaller of two numbers is 3 less than twice the larger number. If the larger number is decreased by 10, the result is the same as the smaller number. Find the numbers.
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Question 362595: One number is nine times another. The sum of the numbers is 120. What are the numbers?
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Question 362595: One number is nine times another. The sum of the numbers is 120. What are the numbers?
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Question 362602: A pile of 40 coins consists of nickels and dimes. The total value of the coins is $3.35. Find the number of each type of coin.
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Question 362599: A horse and two cows together cost $680. Find the cost of a cow and a horse, if a horse cost $80 more than a cow.
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Question 362593: The sum of two numbers is 25. One number is 7 less than 3 times the other number.
x=larger number
y=lesser number
This is what I have so far. What do I do next?
x=9
x+y=120
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Question 362623: the sum of three consecutive numbers = 258 What are these numbers
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Question 362691: Solve,show work to help me understand
Mike said, "last week i ran 15 miles farther than bill." pete said "last week i ran one mile less than 3 times as far as bill" If mike and pete ran the same distance, how far did bill run?
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Question 362732: Solve, show work.
The larger of two consecutive integers is 4 less than the other. What are the two numbers?
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Question 362733: solve show your work please.
A 45, 45, 90 triangle has a short leg of 14. What is the hypotenuse?
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Question 362735: solve,show your work.
An apple has 24 fewer cal than a banana. if 7 bananas have the same cal as 10 apples, how many cals are in a banana?
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Question 362738: two times the sum of 3 is what?
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Question 362743: the perimeter around a rectangle is 48 inches. the length of the rectangel is 2 inches more thatn the width. what is the width of the rectangel?
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Question 362778:
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Question 362706: Solve.
An apple has 24 fewer calories than a banana. if 7 bananas have the same number of calories as 10 apples, how many calories are in a banana?
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Question 362806: The difference of two numbers is 33.what is iitititt?
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Question 362818: what is two thirds times 7.
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Question 362825: what is the equation for two times 18
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Question 362825: what is the equation for two times 18
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Question 362766: six more than three-fourths a number is greater than one more than twice the number.
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Question 362766: six more than three-fourths a number is greater than one more than twice the number.
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Question 362688: Solve,show your work to help me understand.
An algebra book weighs 6oz less than twice as much as a grammer book. if 5 algebra books weigh the same as 8 grammer books, how much does an algebra book weigh?
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Question 362903: I came across a problem today in my Algebra 2 Book that I am not sure how to approach. I know sum means addition, but what does coefficient supposed to mean in this problem? Would doing 4x+4y be a step in the right direction? I am expected to know this for the upcoming quiz, and any help on this will be very much appreciated. My problem is not knowing what it is asking exactly.
problem:
Rick's typing speed in WPM(words per minute) equals the sum of the coefficients of the 5 terms of (x+y)4. How many words per minute can Rick type?

help is appreciated,
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Question 362993: The letters of the word WOMAN are written in all possible
orders and these words are written out as in a dictionary
,then the rank of the word 'WOMAN' is
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Question 362684: Solve, Show your work to help me understand.
The length of a rectangle is 3 times the width. if the length is increased by 4cm and the width is decreased by 1cm, the perimeter will be 102cm. Find the dimensions of the origional rectangle.
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Question 363155: The sum of two numbers is 75. The second number is 3 less than twice the first. Find the numbers.
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Question 363173: a new cruise ship line has just launched 3 new ships. The caribbean has 37 more delux staterooms than the Pacifice. the maditerranean has 40 fewer deluxe stateroom than four times the number of deluxe staterooms on the pacific. Find the number of deluxe stateroom for each of the ships if the total number of deluxe staterooms for the three ships is 729
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Question 363104: The sum of two numbers is greater than or equal to 28. The second number is 8 less than the first. What are the values. denote the firts nubmer by x
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Question 363256: solve.
A triangular pennant has two sides the same length. the third side is 9in shorter than either of the equal sides. the perimeter of the pennant is 57in. how long is the shortest side?
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Question 363268: find a number such that 18 more than 4 times the sum of the number and -19 is 26.
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Question 363331: what 5 consecutive numbers work with 500 (math)

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Question 363456: one number is 7 more than a second number.Also,the sum of the square of the two numbers is 389.Find the two numbers.
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Question 363439: the mariner's formula can be written in the form m/1.15=k, where m is the speed of a ship in miles per hour and k is the speed of the ship in knots (nautical miles per hour).
(a) solve the formula for m
(b) Use this result dto find the number of miles per hour a ship is draveling if its speed is 29 knots.
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Question 363308: solve.
The larger of two consecutive integers is 10 more than 4 times the smaller. Fine the integers.
i know the answer is possibly -3,-2, but i dont know how to work the problem out to get the answers, please explain,show your work...
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Question 363703: Mrs. Robinson plays bingo on two nights and wins a total of 25 games in both nights. She however won 7 more games on the first night than the second night. How many games did she win on each night?
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Question 363728: the difference between two numbers is 3. IF the square of the smaller number is equal to 4 times the larger number. find the numbers
TWO POSITIVE NUMBERS DIFFER BY 5 AND THE SQUARE OF THEIR SUM IS 169. FIND THE NUMBErs..

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Question 363832: What is the translation of four times the difference of a number and one is equal to six times the sum of a number and three?
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Question 363851: in the championship game, julius scored 5 points less than kareem, and wilt scored 1 point more trhan twice as many as kareem. if wilt scored 20 points more than julius, how many points were scored by each player?
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Question 363852: Model Cars, Inc. makes red cars, white cars, and blue cars. THe profit on a blue car is $10 more than the profit on a white car, and the profit on a red car is $7 less than the profit on a white car. If the profit on 2 red cars is $2 less than the profit on one blue car, what is the profit on a blue car?
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Question 363859: Last year,Grok's mother weighed 3 times as much as Grok. Since then Grok has gained 9 kg and his mother has lost 4 kg. Now his mother weighs only twice as much as Grok. Find their weights now.
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Question 363901: Three consecutive integers total 198. Find the integers. Write and solve an equation.
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