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Question 70496: Evaluate. 8 + 2 • 5 – 24 ÷ 6 • 2
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Question 70498: Solve the problem:
An employee who produces x units per hour earns an hourly wage of y = 0.55x + 7 (in dollars). Find the hourly wage for an employee who produces 13 units per hour.

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Question 70498: Solve the problem:
An employee who produces x units per hour earns an hourly wage of y = 0.55x + 7 (in dollars). Find the hourly wage for an employee who produces 13 units per hour.

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Question 70498: Solve the problem:
An employee who produces x units per hour earns an hourly wage of y = 0.55x + 7 (in dollars). Find the hourly wage for an employee who produces 13 units per hour.

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Question 70543: Find three consecutive odd integers such that the sum of the first and third integers is twice the second integer.
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Question 70544: A jogger runs a distance at a speed of 8 mph and returns the same distance running at a speed of 6 mph. If the total running time is 1 hour 45 minutes, what is the total distance the jogger runs?
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Question 70674This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra
: Number problem. The square of an interger is 56 more than the interger. Find the interger.
I am lost on how to solve this problem and need some help with this problem please. Thanks
This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

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Question 70731: Solve:
10x - 1/4 = 9x + 3/8

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Question 70728: Please solve the question:
One recipe calls for 1/4 teaspoon vanilla. A second recipe requires for 1/2 teaspoon vanilla flour, and a third recipe calls for 1/8 teaspoon vanilla. How much vanilla is required to make all three recipes?

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Question 70729: Solve. 4(7x + 10) = 3(9x – 5) + 20
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Question 71192: One number is 12 more than another. The sum of the smaller number and twice the larger number is 39. Find the larger number.
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Question 71255: What is the ratio of 4 to 16?
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Question 71286: This is a digit problem. I apologize if I am in the wrong area. The question is;

The sum of the digits of the two-digit numeral is 8. The number with the digits interchanged is 7 times the tens digit of the original number. Find the original number
Thanks for your help!
C. Johnson

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Question 71679: Find three consecutive numbers whose sum is 60
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Question 71684: Find a number which is 150 greater than its opposite.
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Question 72123: If one-half of one interger is subtracted from 3/5 of the next consecutive integer, the difference is 3. What are the two intergers?
I have tried to figured this out and this has me stumped for some reason. I am needing some help. Thanks.

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Question 72541: I am having a hard time figuring out this word problem:
The sum of three numbers is 98. The sum of the first and second is two more than the third number, and the second is for more than the first. Find the numbers.
So far I have figured out the equations but can't seem to put them together to solve the equation:
x+y+z=98
x+y=2+z
y=4+x

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Question 72541: I am having a hard time figuring out this word problem:
The sum of three numbers is 98. The sum of the first and second is two more than the third number, and the second is for more than the first. Find the numbers.
So far I have figured out the equations but can't seem to put them together to solve the equation:
x+y+z=98
x+y=2+z
y=4+x

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Question 72541: I am having a hard time figuring out this word problem:
The sum of three numbers is 98. The sum of the first and second is two more than the third number, and the second is for more than the first. Find the numbers.
So far I have figured out the equations but can't seem to put them together to solve the equation:
x+y+z=98
x+y=2+z
y=4+x

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Question 72779: The winner of this race ran 1500 meters in 5 minutes and 22 seconds. What was
the winner's speed in m/sec? Show all of your work.

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Question 72794: The quotient of a number and 3 is the same as the difference of the number and two. Find the number.
3/n = n-2 then I am stuck

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Question 72870: When two fair dice are rolled, the sum of the two dice can be any number from 2 through 12. What is the probability that this sum will be exactly a 7? Please show me how to solve this.
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Question 72870: When two fair dice are rolled, the sum of the two dice can be any number from 2 through 12. What is the probability that this sum will be exactly a 7? Please show me how to solve this.
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Question 73559This question is from textbook
: what number must be added to both the numerator and denominator of the fraction (5/23) to give a fraction equal to (1/3).This question is from textbook

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Question 73559This question is from textbook
: what number must be added to both the numerator and denominator of the fraction (5/23) to give a fraction equal to (1/3).This question is from textbook

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Question 73564This question is from textbook
: the difference between two numbers is 24. If the larger is divided by the smaller, the qutient is 4 and the remainder is 3. Find the numbers. This question is from textbook

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Question 73578This question is from textbook
: The numerator of a fraction exceeds 8 times the denominator by 2. The value of the fraction is (17/2). Find the fraction. This question is from textbook

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Question 73575This question is from textbook
: One of two positive numbers exceeds 4 times the other number by 4. One-third of the larger exceeds one-half of the smaller by 8. Find both numbers. This question is from textbook

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Question 73655: find two numbers whose sum is 12 and whose difference between their squares is 48.

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Question 73920This question is from textbook Elementary algebra
: Find four consecutive whole numbes such that the sum of the first three numbers equal the fourth number
This question is from textbook Elementary algebra

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Question 73922This question is from textbook Elementary algebra
: The sum of two numgers is 53. If three times the smaller number is 1 less than the larger number, find the numbers. This question is from textbook Elementary algebra

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Question 73919This question is from textbook Elementary algebra
: Not sure if this question went thru, so I'm entering again.
Find three consecutive whole numbers such that twice the sum of the two smallest numbers is 10 more than three times the largest numbers.
Thanks for your help~
Cristina
This question is from textbook Elementary algebra

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Question 73921This question is from textbook Elementary algebra
: The sum of two numbers is 17. If twice the samller number is 1 more than the larger number, find the numbers.This question is from textbook Elementary algebra

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Question 73918: Find three consecutive whole numbers such that twice the sum of the two smallest numbers is 10 more than three times the largest number.
Thanks for you Help!!!

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Question 74450: The difference of two positive numbers is 8. The larger is twice the smaller decreased by 7. Find the two numbers.
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Question 74676This question is from textbook Elementary algebra
: Solve V = 1/3 Bh for h if V= 112 and h =7
Thanks, I just can't seem to figure these out
This question is from textbook Elementary algebra

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Question 75160: What number exceeds 23 by 4 more than twice the amount by which 15 exceeds -3?
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Question 75334: three times a number is 18 less than the number
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Question 75320This question is from textbook Alegbra 2 An Incremental Development
: Find three consecutive multiples of 5 such that the sum of the squares of the first two is 125 greater than the square of the third.This question is from textbook Alegbra 2 An Incremental Development

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Question 75322This question is from textbook Alegbra 2 An Incremental Development
: Find the number that is 5/6 of the way from 2 5/12 to 7 1/3.This question is from textbook Alegbra 2 An Incremental Development

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Question 75369: a sweater cost $12 more than a shirt. Together they cost $46. What was the price of the shirt?
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Question 75454: Suppose you have two numbers. The difference of the two numbers is 12. The product of the two numbers is 17. Multiply the larger of the two numbers by 100, add 50 times the smaller number to that, round the total to the nearest whole number and thats the answer.
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Question 75454: Suppose you have two numbers. The difference of the two numbers is 12. The product of the two numbers is 17. Multiply the larger of the two numbers by 100, add 50 times the smaller number to that, round the total to the nearest whole number and thats the answer.
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Question 75533This question is from textbook Elementary algebra
: This is from the Chapter 4 - test, and I have no notes or examples.
s=35 + 0.5s
just not sure what I do.
Thanks
This question is from textbook Elementary algebra

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Question 75596This question is from textbook Elementary algebra
: This is from the Chapter 4 - test, and I have no notes or examples.
s=35 + 0.5s
just not sure what I do.
Thanks
This question is from textbook Elementary algebra

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