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Question 262719: A square light-switch plate is made which measures 6 inches on each side. A square hole measuring 1 inch on each side is left in the center. If the cost to construct the plate is $3.50 per square inch, what is the construction cost? (Hint: Use A = s2)
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Question 263109: Jim has 5 pieces of string. He needs to choose the piece that will be able to go around his 36-inch waist. His belt broke, and his pants are falling down. The piece needs to be at least 4 inches longer than his waist so he can tie a knot in it, but it cannot be more that 6 inches longer so that the ends will not show from under his shirt. Which of the following pieces of string will work the best?
A. 3 feet
B. 3 ¾ feet
C. 3 ½ feet
D. 3 ¼ feet
E. 2 ½ feet
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Question 263424: Voyager 2 traveled approximately 4.4 billion miles in 2.0 years. What was the average speed in m/s?
I converted years to seconds...63072000 seconds for 2 years
and then I divided 4.4e-10 by 63072000. The answer I got was 7e-18 I rounded to one significant figure. it was wrong....can you help?
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Question 263424: Voyager 2 traveled approximately 4.4 billion miles in 2.0 years. What was the average speed in m/s?
I converted years to seconds...63072000 seconds for 2 years
and then I divided 4.4e-10 by 63072000. The answer I got was 7e-18 I rounded to one significant figure. it was wrong....can you help?
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Question 263446: An auto has a gas mileage of 25.6 mi/gallon. How many kilometers can it travel on 1.5 L of gas?
1.61 km= 1 mile
3.79L= 1 gallon
I have tried this several ways..i have no idea. I divided 25.6 by 1.61 and got 15.9 km. Then i multiplied 15.9km by 1.5L and divided by 3.79L.....no clue
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Question 265263: The Kelp Forest exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium holds 335,000 gallons. How many days would it take to fill it at a rate of 1 gallon per second? I also need the work of how to do it?
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Question 272748: -platinum has a density of 21.25 g/cc.gold has a desinty of 19.3 g/cc.
(a)which is larger , a 100 gram cube of platinum or a 100 gram cube of gold?
(b)what is the length of each side of a 100 gram cube of platinum?
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Question 272948: A 13-foot ladder is leaning against a house. The distance from the bottom of the ladder to the house is 7 feet less than the distance from the top of the ladder to the ground. How far is the bottom of the ladder from the house?
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Question 275776: 1. The little Thrifty Market has a parking lot with dimensions 125 feet by 210 feet. How many square yard is that?
2. The posted speed limit on many U.S highways is 65 miles per hour. What is this speed in feet per seconds?
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Question 280017: Please solve the following word problem: A company that makes grills has its daily costs represented by the equation C+285g+9000, where g is the number of grills produced each day. The revenue equation is r=550g. How many grills must be produced and sold each day to break even.
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