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Question 390980: The larger of two numbers is 5 more than twice the smaller. The square of the smaller is equal to the larger. Find the numbers
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Question 391015: half this number is 2 less than 4 times 3.
What is the number?
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Question 391029: one number is 3 times as large as the other and the difference between the resiprocals is 1/6. Find two numbers.
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Question 391028: What is th numbe3r which when multiplie by 2 and added to 8 gives the same result as when it is divided by 2 and has 32 added to it?

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Question 391057: Ed is selling large wreaths at 20$. The cost to make a large wreath is 7.85$. If ed is only limited to making 20 large wreaths, how much profits would he earn?
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Question 391050: five times a number c minus 15 is 90
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Question 391044: How do you put this into symbols and numbers?
Four times the greater of two integers is one more than five times the lesser number. ?
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Question 391077: the sum of three numbers is 137. the second number is 4 more than two times the first number. The third number is 5 less than three times the first number. Find the three numbers.
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Question 391163: negative three times a number plus four is no more than the number minus eight
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Question 391213: Subtrction with loke Denominators Draw a model to represent the subtraction problem. record the difference.
3/5-1/5
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Question 391331: given that the vertex of parabola is 2,-9 and that the same parabola has an x- intercept at 5, find the value of "a"
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Question 391322: Four less than six times a certain number is equal to 40 more than one-half of the number. Find the number
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Question 391464: The sum of the squares of two consecutive integers is 9 greater than 8 times the smaller integer. Find the integers.
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Question 391636: The total height of a building and the flagpole on the roof is 147 feet. The building is 6 times as high as the flagpole. How high is the flagpole?
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Question 391604: what is the sum of 7 times a number and 1 is the same as the square of 1 more than the number?
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Question 391701: Find three consecutive integers such that the product of the first and the third is 440.
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Question 391711: I am thinking of a five-digit number where the fifth digit is one-half the fourth digit and one-fourth the third digit. The third digit is one-half the first digit and twice the fourth digit. The second digit is three times the fourth digit and five more than the fifth digit. What is the five-digit number?

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Question 391790: what is this answer The sum of two integers is thirty-one. Six times the smaller integer is ten more than five times the larger integer. Find the integers
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Question 391819: If 2 is subtracted from twice a number the result is 50. What is 2 more than half of that number?
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Question 391821: twice a number is equal to seven more than four times the number
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Question 391821: twice a number is equal to seven more than four times the number
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Question 391697: the difference between two number is 3. One number is t. What are the possible values for the other number?
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Question 391887: the sum of the digits of a two-digit number is one third of the number. The units digit is 5 more than the tens digit. What is the number?
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Question 391891: When the digits of a two-digit number are reversed, the new number is 36 more than the original number. The units digit is twice the tens digit. What is the original number?
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Question 391892: When the digits of a two-digit number are reversed, the new number is 54 less than the original number. If the sum of its digits is 8, what is the original number?
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Question 391898: Nicole is 5 years older than pierre. Last year she was twice as old as he was. How old is each now?
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Question 391901: Cecilia is 24 years younger than Joe. Six years ago she was half as old as he was. How old is each now?
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Question 391911: The denominator of a fraction is 9 more than the numerator. If the numerator is decrease by 3 and the denominator is increased by 3, the value of the resulting fraction is 1/4. What is the original fraction?
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Question 391910: The denominator of a fraction is 8 more than the numerator. If 3 is added to both the numerator and the denominator, the value of the resulting fraction is 1/2. What is the original fraction?
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Question 391896: When the digits of a two-digit number are reversed, the new number is 54 less than the original number. The units digit is twice the tens digit. What is the original number?
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Question 391902: Steve is three times as old as Theresa. In four years he will be twice as old as she will be. How old is each now?
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Question 391895: When the digits of a two-digit number are reversed, the new number is 6 more than the original number. The units digit is twice the tens digit. What is the original number?
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Question 391961: The formula b=27a is used in New England to estimate the minimum furnace output, b, in BTUs, for a modern house with a square feet of flooring.
a. Determine the minimum furnace output for a 1700 ft^2 modern house.
b. solve the formula for a.
What is the minimum furnace output in BYUs?
a=
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Question 391997: A rectangle has an area of 120 cm square. its length and width are whole numbers.
a)What are the possibilities for the two numbers?
b) Which possibility gives the smallest perimeter?
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Question 392125: The denominator of a fraction is 9 more than the numerator. If the numerator is decreased by 3 and the denominator is increased by 3, the value of the resulting fraction is 1/4. What is the original fraction?
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Question 392226: Mr kumar lives in the eastern part of singapore. He visits his aged parents, who lives 36 km away, every weekend.He finds that if he increases the average speed of his vehicle by 12 km/h, he could save 9 minutes of his travelling time.Find the speed at which he travels before the increase in speed.

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Question 392281: what are three consecutive odd integers that equal 63
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Question 392281: what are three consecutive odd integers that equal 63
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Question 392281: what are three consecutive odd integers that equal 63
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Question 392362: Seven less than 4 times the square of a number is 18. Find the number.
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Question 392407: if five times a number is increased by four less than three times the number , the result is 44 . Find the number .
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Question 392409: if two -fifths of a certain number is subtracted from twice the number the result is 4 find the number
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