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Question 57094: One number is 6 more than another. If the sum of the smaller number and 3 times the larger number is 34, find the two numbers.
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Question 57090: One number is 6 more than another. If the sum of the smaller number and 3 times the larger number is 34, find the two numbers.
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Question 56976: Two bicycles, Frances and Fred, rode toward each other. Each traveled 20 miles per hour, and they started off 10 miles apart. A fly flew furiously fast at 50 miles per hour from Frances to Fred, The fly started on Fracnes' handlebars as Frances and Fred started riding, It flew to Fred's handlebars and then back to Frances'handlebars and back to Fred's handlebars, always following the bike path. It continued in this way until Frances and Fred reached each other. How far did the fly travel. Solve and explain
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Question 57117: One number is 3/4 of anothr number. Their sum is 63. Find the numbers.
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Question 57119: Im a little lost on this word problem any help would be greatly appreciated.
A board 16ft long is cut into three pieces in such a way that the second piece is 1 ft longer then twice the first, and the third piece is 1ft shorter then the first. Find the length of each piece.
Thank You! Ana
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Question 57200: If y varies inversely as X^2 and y= -8 when x=2, find y if x=3.
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Question 57202: Question on page 137. Please help me with this question. Three more than 4 times a number is equal to 9 less than twice the number.
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Question 57202: Question on page 137. Please help me with this question. Three more than 4 times a number is equal to 9 less than twice the number.
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Question 57371: simplify: 1+2/3 / 2+1/2

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Question 57369: One number is 5 times another. If the sum of their reciprocal is 6/35, find the two numbers.
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Question 57370: multiply 4x^4/5*10/x^9
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Question 57561: solve: x/4-x/6=6
is x 2?
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Question 57560: subtract: 13x/18-2x/9
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Question 57560: subtract: 13x/18-2x/9
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Question 57584: how do i find three consecutive intergers such that the sum of the squares is 77.
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Question 57584: how do i find three consecutive intergers such that the sum of the squares is 77.
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Question 57584: how do i find three consecutive intergers such that the sum of the squares is 77.
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Question 57577: Four times the sum of the first and third of three consecutive integers is one less than seven times the middle integer. Find the integer.
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Question 57735: find to consecutive integers whose sum is 255
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Question 57740: The sum of two numbers is 33. Their differeence is 7. What are the two numbers.
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Question 58220: find two consecutive even integers such that the sum of the larger and twice the smaller is 62.
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Question 58176: find three consecutive integers such that the sum of the first and twice the second is 73
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Question 58531: One number is 18 more than another,and the sum of the smaller number and twice the larger number is 45. Find the two numbers and solve the equation.
Someone please help!!!!!
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Question 58669: The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 12. The product of the digits is three more than twice the sum of the digits. What is the number?
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Question 59127: The sum of 3 consecutive even integers is 54. What is the first consecutive integer?

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Question 59127: The sum of 3 consecutive even integers is 54. What is the first consecutive integer?

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Question 59126: Three consecutive integers have the sum of 153. What is the second integer?
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Question 59122: 15 more than 4 times a number is 6 more than 5 times the number. Find the number.
a. 21/9
b. -9
c. -9/21
d. 2
e. 9

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Question 59121: 5 times the first of 3 consecutive even integers is 14 more than 3 times the second. What is the third consecutive integer?
a. 10
b. 12
c. 14
d. 16
e. 18

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Question 59202: Find two consecutive positive integers such that the sum of their square is 85.
Your help will be very appreciated!
Thanks so much!
ac
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Question 59508: A- How can the graph for the rule y=2x+1 be used to predict the result for an imput (x- value) of 7? How can the graph be used to predict the output (y- value) associated with an input of 3 1/2?
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Question 59873: The sum of two munbers is 21. Three times the smaller number is two less than twice the larger number. Find the two numbers.
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Question 60675: I am having trouble converting this to an equation. I know the answer but can't come up with the equation that will give me the correct answer.
There is a group of boys and dogs. There are 22 heads and 68 feet. How many boys are there and how many dogs are there.
The answer is 10 boys and 12 dogs,but I need an equation.
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Question 60964: The difference between two whole numbers is 8 and the difference between their reciprocals is 1/6. Find the two numbers.
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Question 61168: the sum of two integers, a and b (a>b). the smaller minus the larger is -746. find the value of the integers a and b.
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Question 61291: Imagine that you made a purchase that cost $1.85. You paid with a $10.00 bill, and you received $8.15 in change. Notice that the digits in your change are the same as the digits in the amount you spent. Using a $10.00 bill as payment, there are other amounts you cold spend that would result in change that has the same digits as the amount you spent. What are these combinations? How many can you find? How did you find them?
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Question 61408: Find the constant term that should be added to make the following expression a perfect-square trinomial.
x^2-5x
I got:
5/2
Is this right?
Thanks for your help!
CH
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Question 61402: Find three consecutive odd integers such that three times the sum of the first and third is 18 greater than 4 times the second
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Question 62304: Find three consecutive odd intergers whose sum is 105.
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Question 62304: Find three consecutive odd intergers whose sum is 105.
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Question 62371: John's present age is three-fourths of Sally's present age. In five years, John's age will be four-fifths of Sarah's age at that time. What are the present ages of John and Sally?
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Question 62384: twice the lesser of two consecutive intergers is 12 less than 3 times the greater interger find the lesser interger

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Question 62384: twice the lesser of two consecutive intergers is 12 less than 3 times the greater interger find the lesser interger

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