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Question 377395: Graph -2y=-6
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Question 383960: A company wants to mix peanuts which contain 15% protein and cashews, which contain 40% protein to make a trail mix. Suppose the company wants to make 1000 pounds of trail mix that contain 27% protein. How many pounds of cashew must be used?
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Question 389122: A calorie is the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water 4 Fahrenheit degrees. How many calories would be needed to raise 20 pounds of water from 78 degrees to 90 degrees Fahreneheit?
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Question 390694: A car uses 1 liter of gas every 12 kilometers.
How many meters can the car travel on 3 liters of gas?
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Question 391078: use two unit multipliers to convert 40 yards to inches

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Question 392112: Conversions 1 in. = 2.54 cm.
a) How many square centimeters are in a square inch?
b) How many cubic centimeters are in a cubic inch?
c) How long is a centimeter in terms of inches?
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Question 393057: 4. Martin begins driving to work at 8:15 A.M. He drives 18 miles and arrives at his
office at 8:39 A.M. Find Martin’s average speed in miles per minute. Use
dimensional analysis to check the reasonableness of your answer.
I think what I need to do is convert 18miles/24minutes but I really don't understand any of this and I am having difficulty getting help from my teacher. Can you please help and explain why you did what you did? Thank you for your time.
Katie
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Question 393297: If a United States dollar is worth $1.41 in
Canadian money, how much is $100 in
Canadian money worth in United States
money, to the nearest cent?
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Question 394819: the latent heat of fusion for ice is 79.8 cal/gram. how much ice can we melt with 1000 calories? what are the key pieces to solve. im lost on thermodynamics !!!! PLEASE HELP!!!!
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Question 395100: If a car travels 22 miles per gallon of fuel (in other words the car does 22 mpg), how many kilometers does it travel per liter of fuel?
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Question 395101: A car travels at constant speed for 4 days and covers 1100 miles. What is the speed in centimeters/minute?
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Question 395404: 8grams per a liter. how much would it be in ounces per a gal
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Question 395657: how many cubic inches are in 1.oo liters ( 1in=2.54cm)
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Question 395900: A person can jog an average of 5.9 miles per hour. If this person chooses to participate in a marathon race (42.195km), how many hours will it take to complete the race?
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Question 397441: Hello, this is not really a word problem but I still need help. Ok so in class we did a conversion with a fraction. I got how to do it but know quite this one. It is.... 27 1/4 cups = how many pints Please show all your work so that i may understand thank you.
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Question 398972: How many square decimeters are in 300 square centimeters?
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Question 399396: A fathom is a method for measuring lengths,
usually reserved for measuring the depth of
water.
If the distance to the Mars is 3.46 × 107 mi,
what is the distance in fathoms? A fathom is
approximately 6 ft in length.
Answer in units of fathom.
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Question 399972: this week claire hiked 8.5 kilometers less than twice the distance she hiked last week.
Write an expresion to represent the number of kilometers Claire hiked this week.
If claire hiked 32.5 kilometers this week how far did she hike last week.
If claire hiked 12.75 kilometers last week how far did she hike this week?
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Question 400129: How many cm^3 are in 5.43m^3.I forgot hoe to solve these could someone please help.Thanks in advance.
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Question 400129: How many cm^3 are in 5.43m^3.I forgot hoe to solve these could someone please help.Thanks in advance.
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Question 400589: use unit multipliers to convert 30 inches per hour to miles per minute.
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Question 401150: Suppose that the weight (in pounds) of an airplane is a linear function of the total amount of fuel (in gallons) in its tank. When graphed, the function gives a line with a slope of 5.5 .
With 51 gallons of fuel in its tank, the airplane has a weight of 2280.5 pounds. What is the weight of the plane with 25 gallons of fuel in its tank?

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Question 401103: Hai sir, please help me on this problem, thank you
Steve buys 20 bottles of Fizzypop. Each bottle contains 250ml. How many litres does he buy?
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Question 401476: A glacier moves with a speed of 40 nm/s.
How many years would it take for the
glacier to move 0.75 km? Assume there are
365 days in a year.
Answer in units of y.
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Question 402552: At 1:00 p.m. a car, traveling at a constant
velocity of 81 km/h toward the west, is 22 km
to the west of our school.
How far from the school will it be at 3:30
p.m.?
Answer in units of km.
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Question 403048: If a test has 100 questions and you get 92 of them right, what decimal number would that represent?
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Question 405209: A rectangular Persian carpet has a perimeter of 184 inches. The length of the carpet is 20 inches more than the width. What are the dimensions of the carpet?
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Question 405238: A square plywood platform has a perimeter which is 7 times the length of a side,decreased by 18. What is the length of a side?
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Question 406283: 1/8 MPH is how many feet per minute
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Question 407301: How many cm^3 are there in 1.2m^3?
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Question 409000: You estimate that you can do 12 math problems in 45 min. How long should it take you to do 20 math problems?
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Question 409683: the sale price of a sweater is $48. the price is 20% less than the original price. what is the original price
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Question 411447: how many linear feet of fencing would be needed to enclose a rectangular garden that measures 30 feet long by 8feet wide
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Question 415673: 6 oxen or 8 cows can graze a field in 28 days. How long would 9 oxen and 2 cows take to graze the same field.
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Question 415945: The density of gold is 19,300 kg per cubic meter. What is th evolume of 7 kilograms of gold?
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Question 416635: what is the area (in square inches) of a rectangular table top that measures 3 feet by 4 feet?
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Question 417788: What happens to area units when raising to a decimal exponent?
e.g., (2 miles^2)^0.3
I know how to solve the mathematical equation, but what are the final units? Still square miles?
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Question 419832: 6ftx6ft what isthis in metres square
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Question 419832: 6ftx6ft what isthis in metres square
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Question 420107: ax^2+bx+c=y. data points are (0,0),(4,7)and (-4,9) find values for ab and c to make a general quadratic function for which is true.
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Question 423460: how do you solve this college algebra problems?:)?

i have answers but i don't know how to solve it. could you explain in details please?

A roasted turkey is taken from an oven when its temperature has reached 185oF and is placed on a table in a room where the temperature is 75oF.
a) If the temperature of the turkey is 150oF after half an hour, what is its temperature after 40 min?
b) When will the turkey cool to 90oF?

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Question 426490: A car traveled 281 miles in 4 hours 41 minutes. What was the average speed of the car in miles per hour?
Please show me how did you get the answer. Thank you.
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Question 427222: A resturant occupying the top floor of a skyscaper rotates as diners enjoy the view. Ling and Sarah notice that they began their meal at 7:00 P.M. Looking due north. At 7:45 P.M, they had rotated 180(degrees) to a view that was due south. At this rate, how many degrees will the restaurant in 1 hour?
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Question 428350: find 3 consecutive positive integers such that the product of the first and third, minus the second, is 1 more than 7 times the third
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Question 433080: Please help!
The stopping distance d of a car after the brakes are applied varies directly as the square of the speed r. If a car traveling 60 mph can stop in 200 ft, how many feet will it take the same car to stop when it's traveling 70 mph?
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