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Question 602834: The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 6. When the digits are reversed, the resulting number is 6 greater than 3 times the original number. Find the original number.
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Question 602837: Twice this number is 1 less than half of 26
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Question 603169: the sum of three numbers is 52. the second number is two more than the first number. the third number is 5 less than three times the first number. find the three numbers.
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Question 603032: Three numbers are such that the second is six less than three times the first, and the third is two more than two-thirds of the second. If the sum of the numbers is 172, find the smallest number.
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Question 603249: The product of two consecutive odd integers is 22 less than 15 times the smaller one. What are the integers?
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Question 603299: How do I set up six less than a number is twelve?

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Question 603744: A number is doubled and then 9 is subtracted if the results is 15 what was the original number
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Question 603903: the number of counties in a state a and the number of countries in state b are consecutive even integers whose sum is 118
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Question 604033: Solve a system of equations to find the two numbers described.
The sum of a number and twice a greater number is 8. The sum of the greater number and twice the lesser number is -6.
I tried x+2y=8 and y+2x=-6. I solved for x and got x= 20/-3. That doesn't seem right to me though. I solved for y and got y= -22/-3 which doesn't seem right either.
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Question 603822: the sum of a 2-digit number and the 2-digit number when the digits are reversed are 77 and the difference is 45. what are the 2 two digit numbers
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Question 604100: 5. In a zoo, the ratio of adults to children is 7 to 4. If there are 187 people in the zoo, how many children are there?
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Question 604141: Nine times the difference of 10 and a number equals 135. Find the number
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Question 604097: One number is ½ of another number. The sum of the two numbers is 30. Find the two numbers
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Question 604133: One number is six times another number. Their difference is 35. What are the two numbers?
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Question 604208: hi um i need help wiht some question its really a puzzle ok
1. it is a four-digit whole number
2.each of its digits is even
3. each of its digits is different
4. the sum of its ones digit and its hundreds digit is 10
5.the sum of its tens digit and its thousands digit is 10
6. it is greater than 7000
7. it is divisible by 4
8. the numeral 0 is not one of its digits
9. it is divisible by 8
10. its hundreds digit is 6
thanks you i appreciate your help i need it plz bye today or tomarrow ok thanks oh and my name is nadeya ok thank you so much
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Question 604262: the difference between two numbers is 128. If the bigger number is 174, what is the smaller number?
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Question 604456: one positive number is 4 more than anther. The sum of their squares is 40. Find the numbers

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Question 604020: An integer is 3 more than another. If the product of the two integers is equal to 2 more than four times their sum, then find the integers.
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Question 604603: 438 is 24% of what number
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Question 604790: a number is made up of two digits. The sum of the digits is 11. if the digits are interchanged, the original number is increase by 9. Find the original number
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Question 604810: The greater of two numbers is one less than 8 times the smaller. Their sum is 98.
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Question 604682: the sume of twice a number and 16 less than the number is the same as the difference between -32 and the number. what is the number
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Question 604897: One positive integer is 2 more than another. Their product is 35. Find the numbers.
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Question 604906: the sum of 2 numbers is 12, and their product is 35. Find the numbers.
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Question 604921: A room containing 143 square feet is 2ft longer than it is wide. How long is a piece of molding to trim the perimeter?
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Question 605203: log[x] 81=-4
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Question 605201: a ball is thrown vertically upward from the ground. its distance in feet from the ground in t seconds is s=-16t^2+96t. after how many seconds will the ball be 128 feet from the ground
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Question 605163: Mr. Ang invested Php 16,000, a part of it at 9% and the rest at 4%, his total interest from at both investments was 900. how much he invest at each rate?
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Question 604570: A person went to the bank to deposit $300.the money was in $10 and $20 bills,25 bills in all.how many of each did the person have?
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Question 605304: which two numbers can I multiply and 5050 and when I subtract those two numbers I get 0.5?
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Question 605293: Please help me solve this question.
The square of a positive integer minus twice its consecutive integer is equal to 22. Find the integers.
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Question 605419: please help: quadratic equations; the square of a number is the same as twice the number?
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Question 605665: the units digit of a number is 5 more than the tens digit.The number is equal to 3 times the units digit minus 2. Determine the number?
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Question 605686: The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is equal to four
more than the middle number doubled. Find the three numbers.
Please explain how to solve the process
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Question 605690: if 1 is added to a number and the sun is tripled, the result is15 more than the number.find the number
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Question 605648: Here is a coin problem that I think is IMPOSSIBLE to solve, here it goes,:
A coin sorting machine contains 50 coins in one PESO and two PESO denominations. The value of all the coins is 191 (Philippine PESO). Find the number of each denominations in the machine.
(There should be a representation)
Number Value in Peso
P1 X 1=X
P2 50-x 2(50-x)
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Question 605865: The sum of three consecutive odd intergers is 24 more than the largest of the three intergers. Find the intergers
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Question 605896: What is sixteen less n equals24.
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Question 605978: if rounded to the nearest 100 the mystery number rounds to 400 what is the largest number that could be the mystery number

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Question 606476: Two consecutive positive odd integers have a sum which is less than 18. Which pair of integers does not solve this problem?
2 and 5
1 and 3
7 and 9
5 and 7
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Question 606473: Number Sense: "The sum of two numbers is eleven. The sum of the squares of the same two numbers is sixty-one. Find the two numbers"
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Question 606481: 1 rectangular swimming pool has an area of 24 sq. yds. Another rectangular swimming pool has an area of 90 sq. yds. What is the largest possible integer dimension common to both pools?

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Question 606694: The sum of four consectutive even numbers is 124. What are these numbers??
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