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Question 394653: The average of five consecutive odd numbers is
21. Which is the lowest number of the five?
(1) 15 (2) 19 (3) 13
(4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these
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Question 394676: if 9 is added to twice a number and this sum is multiplied by 5, the result is the same as if the number is multiplied by 6 and 13 is added to the product. what is the number?
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Question 394687: the product of 3 and 7 more than a number

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Question 394839: While on a four-week hiking trip in the mountains, the Tryon family washed 11 loads of clothes at The Mountain View Laundry. The 20-lb capacity washing machine costs $1.50 per load while the 30-lb costs $2.50. Their total laundry expense was $20.50. How many loads were laundered in each size washing machine?
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Question 394902: Determine the digits of Y from these clues.
The digits of Y add to 16.
The first digit is 4 times the third digit.
The second digit is 3 times the third digit.
Y is a three digit number.
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Question 394939: The sum of two numbers is 15/4. If 1/3 of the larger number is 1/2 more than 2/3 of the smaller, find the numbers
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Question 394837: you are making a special chocolate drink for 45 guests. each drink requires 1 1/2 ounces of chocolate liquor, whici is purchased in 750 millimiter bottles. how many bottles of chocolate liquor should you order?
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Question 395041: The sum of three numbers is 116. The third number is 3 times the second. The second number is 9 more than the first . What are the numbers?
First number is _____
Second number is ____
Third number is _____
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Question 395049: I still need help getting the three numbers. Thanks
The sum of three numbers is 116. The third number is 3 times the second. The second number is 9 more than the first . What are the numbers?
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x + y + z = 116
z = 3y
y = x+9
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Substitute for z and for y and solve for z.

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Question 395098: Which number gives the same result when you subtract 6 as when you divide by 6?
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Question 395185: find the measure of each angle in the triangle.
A=(5n+37)
B=(4n-19)
C=(n+12)
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Question 395477: The sum of two numbers is 12. If you subtract one from the other, the result is -2. What are the ewo numbers?
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Question 395507: one fifth of the sum of a number and twelve is 27
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Question 395577: how can't we use algebra in odd and even number?
How does algebra help you show a pattern or black hole number?
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Question 395550: The sum of two integers is 30. Ten times one integer is 5 times the other integer. How do you set up an equation for this? (I know the integers, just not the equation.)
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Question 395605: #The ones digit of a two-digit number is seven less than two times the tens digit. The number is forty-seven less than eight times the sum of the digits. What is the number?

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Question 395636: A boy said I have as many brothers as i have sisters.Then his sister said i have double the number of brothers as i have sistes.Find the number of brothers and sisters.
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Question 395635: A boy said I have as many brothers as i have sisters.Then his sister said i have double the number of brothers as i have sistes.Find the number of brothers and sisters.
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Question 395713: Find a number such that three more than twice the number is 57
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Question 395950: i need to find three consecutive odd integers such that the sum of the first and third equals the sum of the second and 25
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Question 395980: Hello, can someone please help me with this problem? I have no idea how to even go about doing it. Thank you!
"A carpenter charged $110 for a 3 hour job and charged $160 for a 5 hour job. At this rate how much would he charge for a job that required 8 hours to complete?"
Thank you so much for answering my question!
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Question 396298: the product of two numbers is 96 their difference is 10 .what are the numbers
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Question 396298: the product of two numbers is 96 their difference is 10 .what are the numbers
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Question 396387: Problem: The last of three consecutive numbers increased by ten is equal to the sum of the first two consecutive numbers.
Here is what i have so far:
Let 1st number = x
2nd number = x+1
3rd number = x+2
3x+3 now I need to increase it by 10.
3x+3+10 re-written as 3x+13
3x+13= to the sum of the first two consecutive numbers.
which is 3x+13=x+x+1 re-written as 3x+13=2x+1
when I solved I got x=-12 is this correct? what am I doing wrong??
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Question 396660: if the difference between two number is odd, then the two number are both odd? give and explame that makes it false
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Question 396758: translate the given situation into an equation,then solve it.
two thirds of a number is obtained by adding 7 to its triple
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Question 396758: translate the given situation into an equation,then solve it.
two thirds of a number is obtained by adding 7 to its triple
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Question 396868: A number has four digits.The sum of the first and last digits is twice the second digit.The second digit is 2 less than the third digit.The last digit
is twice the first digit.Some of the digits are alike.What is the number?

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Question 397141: the sum of two consecutive odd integers is at most 123. find the pair with the greatest sum
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Question 397208: The sum of one-half, one-third and one-fourth of a number exceeds the number by 12. The number is
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Question 397208: The sum of one-half, one-third and one-fourth of a number exceeds the number by 12. The number is
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Question 397252: Three times a number increased by twice the number is greater than 125. What is the number?
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Question 397591: The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 13. Twice the first digit is 1 less than the second digit. What is the two-digit number?
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Question 397689: I am a 4 digit number. two of my digits are odd numbers less than 9. My tens digit is even and is 3 less than my greatest odd digit. My hundreds digit is the sum of my thousands digit and my ones digit. my tens digit is twice my ones digit.
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Question 397711: two numbers have a total of 97 and a difference of 43. find the two numbers
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Question 397741: find three consecutive even integers such that three times the first plus twice the third is 248.
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Question 397781: The sum of two integers is 45 and their product is 500.What are the two integers?
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Question 397850: there are 29 students, the number of girls in class is 7 less than two times the number of boys. how many of the students are girls and how many are boys?
thank you so much! :)
sincerely, emily
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Question 397512: find three consecutive odd integers such that twice the sum of the first and third exceeds the second by fifteen.
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Question 397512: find three consecutive odd integers such that twice the sum of the first and third exceeds the second by fifteen.
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Question 397542: what is the quotient of a number and -9 plus four is -5.
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Question 397784: 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 398077:
Write the answer to the problem as an algebraic expression. The product of two numbers is 30. One of the numbers is r. What is the other number?
Our choices are:
a) r/30
b) 30/r
c) 30-r
d) 30r

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