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Question 410621: The sum of two numbers should be -5 but at the same time their product must be 6
i dont get it...
i think it means
when you multiply 2 numbers it = 6
when you add them they -5
What can those numbers be?
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Question 410793: You are choosing between tow plans at a discount warehouse. Plan A offers an annual membership fee of $300 and you pay 70% of the manufacturer’s recommended list price. Plan B offers an annual membership fee of $40 and you pay 90% of the manufacturer’s recommended listed price. How many dollars of merchandise would you have to purchase in a year to pay the same amount under both plans? What will be the cost of each plan?
I was absent the day of class and basically I was told by a class mate to take both plan A and plan B, set them equal to each other and solve. Also Prove. I do not have the text book, money is short for me now. Please help. A step by step action so I can go about the rest of this homework. Thank you :)!
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Question 410822: what are the two numbers added make up 1125
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Question 410822: what are the two numbers added make up 1125
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Question 410848: The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 13. If the digits are reversed the new number is 27 less than the original number.Find the original number
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Question 411215: I need help on this word problem.Iam enrolled in an Algebra2 course.Thank you!
1. Jose purchased tickets to a rock show for 8 adults and 2 children.The total cost was $132.The cost of a child's ticket was $4 less than the cost of an abult's ticket.Find the price of an adult's ticket and a child's ticket.
---you dont have to solve it for me.I only want the formula,and I can solve it myself.
x+y=132?
8x-4y=?iam not sure but iam trying. thank you!!
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Question 411217: The sum of two numbers is 91. Half of one number is 3x the other. What are the two numbers? I need to show my work. I have the answer of 13 and 78.
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Question 411103: Noah and Ben are running in the Walker Street Fun Run. Noah runs at 7 mph, Ben runs at 5 mph. If they start at the same time, how long (in minutes) will it be before they are 1/6 mile apart?
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Question 411258:
How much less is the sum of all odd digits between 24 and 308 than the sum of all even digits between 23 and 307?
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Question 411568: The product of two consecutive odd integers is seven thousand, fifty-five. What are the integers?
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Question 411663: Hello I have huge problems with word problems.
The question is: The sum of three times a number and 7 more than the number is the same as the difference between -11 and twice the number. what is the number?
I know the awnser should come up as -3 yet I keep on setting up the equation wrong
I came up with the following different equations:
3(n+7n)=2n-11
3n+7n=2n-11
3(n+7)=2n-11

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Question 411665: If there are 4 consecutive odd integers with a sum of 80. What is the greatest number in the sequence and why?
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Question 411665: If there are 4 consecutive odd integers with a sum of 80. What is the greatest number in the sequence and why?
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Question 411676: a 100-m rope is cut into 2 pieces.one is 16m greater than the other.find the lenght of eah piece
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Question 411677: the perimeter of a rectangular field is 400ft. the lenght is to be 20ft more than the width.find the lenght and width
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Question 411880: nine more than the product of eight and M is the same as three times the sum of M and thirteen
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Question 411867: When the smaller of two consecutive integers is added to two times the larger, the result is 38. Find the integers.
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Question 412103: There are four numbers. The first is 20 less than the second, the thrid is one more than twice the first. The fourth is 4 morethan the second. I also know tat the sum of the first and second equals the third and fourth numbers. Find the numbers.
Thanks for helping =)
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Question 411971: Help...I need to find A Number Such That Seven Times 1 Less Than Twice The Number Is The Same As 5 More Than 10 Times The Number.
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Question 412290: find three integers such that the sum of the 1st, two times the second, and three times the third is 82.
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Question 412340: A sculptor is joining together different pieces of marble to create a sculpture. It is triangular with a perimiter of 86cm. The third side is 4cm less than the first side. The second side is one half of the first side. Find the length of each side.
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Question 412276: Think of a pair of a number. if added 9 to the first, obtain a number which is twice the second. If 20 added to the second, obtain a number which is 4 times of First. What are the numbers?
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Question 412712: four times the smaller is 57 more than the larger. the larger is 32 less than 3 times the smaller. Find the numbers.
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Question 412711: four times the smaller is 57 more than the larger. the larger is 32 less than 3 times the smaller. Find the numbers.
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Question 412789: Hi , the question is that the sum of two numbers is 23. One number is expressed in k and how is other number expressed as????
I don't get it.
My email is juliapark76@gmail.com
Thanks
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Question 412829: One number is 4 more than another number. Find the two numbers if two times the larger number is 7 less than five times the smaller number.
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Question 413018: What is the number which is 10 more than 42 ?
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Question 413109: three more than five times a number is the same as thirty more than twice the number. find the number
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Question 413115: Four more than seven times a number is the same as twenty less than three times a number. find the number

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Question 413364: ten more than the square of a number is the same as 7 times the number
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Question 413554: The sum of two numbers is 16. The difference of the two numbers is 8. What are the numbers?
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Question 413610: Suppose that the sum of two whole numbers is 9 and the sum of their reciprocals is 1/2. Find the numbers. I know the answer is 3 and 6. However, I dont know how to write the problem out.
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Question 413616: what two numbers give you a sum of 22 and product of negative 720?

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Question 413612: the larger of 2 numbers is 2 more than 3 times the smaller number. let n represen the smaller number. write an algebraic expression for the sum of the two numbers.
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Question 413611: The sum of the reciprocal and twice the square of the reciprocal of a number is 3. Find the number(s).
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Question 413611: The sum of the reciprocal and twice the square of the reciprocal of a number is 3. Find the number(s).
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Question 413304: can you help me find three consecutive integers such that the square of twice the first is 30 more than three times the product of the second and third?
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Question 413709: The difference of 2 numbers is 10. The sum of the numbers is 14. What are they?

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Question 413708: The sum of 2 numbers is 61. The numbers are 5 apart. What are they?

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Question 413850: If you add consecutive odd integers beginning with 1, the sum will always be a square. Why is this true? How do I prove this algebraically?
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Question 414089: When 10 is added to half the sum of a number and 8, the result is 30. what is the number?
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Question 414100: Mr. Morris thought about two positive numbers whose sum equals 20 but the difference of their squares is 40. What are the two numbers?
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Question 414131: The reciprocal of the product of two consecutive integers is 1/42. Find integers.

How do I do this???
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