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Question 490447: The sum of four consecutive even numbers is 140.find the numbes
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Question 490659: the sum of four consecutive odd integers if the first integer is x. write as an algebraic expression.
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Question 490489: how would you write ten times the difference of 6 and a number yields 190
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Question 490723: What is the sum of a number and 6 is 17?
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Question 490788: the tens digit of a two number is three greater than the ones digit. the difference between twice the original number and half the number obtained after reversing the digits is 108
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Question 490925: I have a word problem, hope you can help me solve. The problem reads: Find two numbers whose difference is 8 and 1/2 of whose sum is 16.
Thank you!
Cindy
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Question 490928: Word problems!! Can you help me solve: Find three consecutive integers whose sum divided by the difference between the third number and the first number will be 3 more than the middle number.
Thank you!
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Question 490950: Here is my word problem that I do now know how to solve: If a number is increased by 14 and the result is multiplied by 2/3 the answer is 60. Find the orginal number. Thank you!
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Question 491151: what is the sum of eight times a number and six is negative ten? Can you please give me this answer in an equation.
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Question 491197: what is the product of five less than a number and seven, translated then simplified? would it be (x-7)5 then simplified to 5x-35?
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Question 491224: Translate into variable expression then simplify: Twenty gallons of oil were poured into two containers of different sized. Use one variable to express the amount of oil poured into each container.
I have no idea how to express the amount in both containers using only one variable or if its even possible
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Question 491319: when a number is decreased by 20% of itself, the result is 20. What is the number?

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Question 491527: the larger of two numbersis 7 more than the smaller. The larger number plus five times the smaller equals 67
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Question 491545: one number is 5 less than another. if 5 the larger is subtracted form 8 times the smaller, the result is 11
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Question 491565: two numbershave awhat is the smaller of the two numbers sum of 91 their difference is 3
what is the smaller of the two numbers
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Question 491629: the sum of two #s is -7.6. One # is 12 less than the other #. What are the 2 #s
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Question 491679: The average of the double and the triple of a number a is 90. What's the value of a? I tried to think of a number that is divided by 2 and divided by 3 and gives the same value which is imposible.
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Question 491854: What is "three times x, and nine equals fifteen
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Question 491844: twice a number gives 108
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Question 491901: Find a number such that one-half of the number is 9 less than two-thirds of the number
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Question 491837: the sum of two numbers is 10. the first number is 2/3 the second. what are the numbers?
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Question 492064: nine increased by the product of 4 and one less than a number
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Question 492052: 5 consecutive numbers adding up to 300??
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Question 491580: The difference of two numbers is 40, and the smaller number is n. What is the other number?
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Question 492233: The product of sixty and a number x is thirty
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Question 492412: 4 is added to a number and the sum is tripled the result is 20 more than the number
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Question 491814: i am a 3 digit number divisible by 3.my tens digit is 3 times as great as my hundreds digit and the sum of my digits is 15. if you reverse my digits i am divisible by 6 and 3...... what number am i?
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Question 492439: The quotient of a number x and three is eight
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Question 492431: each of my five digits is 1 more than the digit to its left. the sum of my digits is 20. what number am i?

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Question 492748: the sum of is three numbers is 36.the second is five more than the first, and the third is four less than three times the first. find the numbers.
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Question 492783: One number is greater than thrice the other number by 2. If 4 times the smaller
number exceeds the greater by 5, find the numbers
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Question 492962: When 60% of a number is added to that number, the result is 192. What is that number? HELP? I firgot the basic algebra stuff.

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Question 493013: find two consecutive odd integers whose sum is 24
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Question 493061: what is fiveis greater than n?

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Question 493243: One of my digits is odd. One is even. Their product is less than 24 but greater than 18. What two numbers might i be?
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Question 493208: Can I have help with this question?
"Find two consecutive odd integers such that three times the first plus two times the second is 39."
I'm honestly confused, it just doesn't make sense to me. If possible, can you please explain the steps you used to get the answer?
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Question 493321: How to find four consecutive integers whose sum is 8?
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Question 493591: I am 12 greater than the product of 14 and 4. What is the answer?

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Question 493638: three times a number is 10 more than twice the number
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Question 493785: The sum of three numbers is 62.THe Second number is equal to the first number diminished by 4. The third number is four times the first. What is the largest number
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Question 493787: If 3 times a certain number increased by 4 is equal to 28, what is the number
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Question 493812: the sum of two consecutive intergers is 29. find both integers

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Question 493859: what are the even numbers from 26 to 54
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