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Surface-area/262785: The length of a rectangle is five times its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 108 m , find its area. 1 solutions
Answer 193604 by EMStelley(187) on 2010-01-29 15:56:49 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!Let's call the length L and the width W. Then since the length is five times the width, we have that L = 5W. Now, remembering that the perimeter of a rectangle is 2L+2W, we have
2L+2W=108
Now using the fact that L=5W we have:
2(5W)+2W=108
10W+2W=108
12W=108
W=9
So the width is 9m, which makes the length 9*5=45m.
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Miscellaneous_Word_Problems/262365: A Mazda 6s weighs 20 pounds more than a Nissan Altima. A Honda Accord EX weighs 70 pounds more than a Nissan Altima. The total weight of all three cars is 10,050 pounds. How much does each car weigh? 1 solutions
Answer 193286 by EMStelley(187) on 2010-01-28 16:17:16 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!Since both the Mazda and Honda depend on the Nissan, let's name a variable for the Nissan's weight, N. Since the Mazda weighs 20 pounds more, then it weighs N+20. Since the Honda weighs 70 pounds more, it weighs N+70. So since all together they weigh 10,050, we have that
Nissan + Mazda + Honda = 10,050
N + (N+20) + (N+70) = 10,050
3N + 90 = 10,050
3N = 9,960
N = 3,320
So the Nissan weighs 3,320 lbs. Since the Mazda is 20 more, the Mazda weighs 3,340 lbs, and since the Honda is 70 lbs more, the Honda weighs 3,390 lbs.
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Graphs/262353: What is the equation of the line that passes through (6,-4)and (3,2) 1 solutions
Answer 193277 by EMStelley(187) on 2010-01-28 15:51:45 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!The first thing we need to determine here is the slope of the line. Remember that if you have two points (x1,y1) and (x2,y2), the slope is:
So here, (x1,y1) is (6,-4) and (x2,y2) is (3,2), so the slope is:
Now, remember that if you have a point (x1,y1) and a slope m, the equation of the line is:
y-y1 = m(x-x1)
So we have
y-(-4) = -2(x-6)
y+4 = -2x+12
y = -2x + 8
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Geometry_Word_Problems/256885: The length of a rectangle is 2 centimeters less than twice its width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 32 cm. What are the dimensions of the rectangle? 1 solutions
Answer 188931 by EMStelley(187) on 2010-01-14 12:59:48 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!Let's start by naming variables. Let's call the length L and the width W. Then the first sentence tell us that:
L = 2W - 2
Remember that the perimeter of a rectangle is P = 2L + 2W. So the second sentence tells us:
2L + 2W = 32
Now, in order to solve these two equations, notice that we can use the first equation to replace L with 2W - 2. This gives us:
2(2W - 2) + 2W = 32
4W - 4 + 2W = 32
6W - 4 = 32
6W = 36
W = 6
So the width is 6 cm. To finish the problem, we need to find the length, so let's substitute 6 in for W in the first equation:
L = 2(6) - 2
L = 12 - 2
L = 10
So the dimensions of the rectangle are 10 cm by 6 cm.
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Equations/255923: the sum of two numbers is 13. two times the first number minus three times the second number is 1. if you let x stand for the first number and y for the second number, what are the two numbers 1 solutions
Answer 188289 by EMStelley(187) on 2010-01-12 16:05:26 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!If our two numbers are x and y, to do this problem we just take it one sentence at a time.
"the sum of two numbers is 13"
This tells us that when you add our two numbers you get 13. So we have:
x+y=13
"two times the first number minus three times the second number is 1"
Two times the first number would be represented by 2x and three times the second number is represented by 3y. So we have:
2x-3y=1
So we have a system of equations:
Let's use the addition method to solve this system. If we multiply the first equation by 3 we will be able to eliminate the y's.
Now we add:
And using our first equation we have that y must be 5. So our two numbers are 8 and 5.
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Linear-equations/255950: write a linear equation in y-intercept form
(2,4), slope =2
(5,4) slope =-2
(5,-7) slope =3
Find th slope
(1, -3) (8,5) 1 solutions
Answer 188286 by EMStelley(187) on 2010-01-12 16:00:46 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!Remember that if you have a slope m and a point (x1,y1), the equation for the line is:
y-y1=m(x-x1)
So for the first problem we have m=2 and (x1,y1)=(2,4). So we have:
y-4=2(x-2)
y-4=2x-4
y=2x
The next two are similar, so this should help you complete that. For the question about slope, if you have two points (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) the slope is:
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Volume/255728: A team wants to build a pyramid of sand for a contest. The base of the pyramid will be a square with sides of 6 yards.The pyramid will be 9 yards tal. how much sand does the team need? 1 solutions
Answer 187985 by EMStelley(187) on 2010-01-11 15:46:07 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!The volume of a pyramid with a square base is (1/3)(area of base)(height). Here, the area of the base is 6*6 = 36 and the height is 9. So the volume is (1/3)(36)(9) = 108 yd^3.
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Percentage-and-ratio-word-problems/255723: GIVEN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 122.90 WHAT WOULD BE THE EQUAL PERCENTAGE AMOUNT OF THE FOLLOWING OWED:
68.31
88.85
34.38 1 solutions
Answer 187970 by EMStelley(187) on 2010-01-11 15:34:18 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!To determine the percentage of the total amount, all that is needed is division. For example, to find out what percent 68.31 is of 122.90, we divide 68.31/122.90 and get 0.5558. To turn this number into a percentage we multiply it by 100. So the percentage is 55.58%.
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logarithm/255701: Joe deposits $1000 in an account that earns 5% annual interest compounded semiannually. find out how long it will take for the initial amount to double 1 solutions
Answer 187947 by EMStelley(187) on 2010-01-11 14:32:29 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!Remember that the equation for compound interest is:
Here, P = 1000, r = 0.05, A = 2000 (initial amount doubled) and n = 2. So we have:
Dividing both sides by 1000 gives
Now we take the log of both sides in order to get the exponent down:
Divide both sides by log(1.025):
Last, divide both sides by 2:
Using the calculator we have t = 14.04 years.
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Graphs/255704: A line passes through the points (0,-1) and (2,3). What is the equation for the line? 1 solutions
Answer 187946 by EMStelley(187) on 2010-01-11 14:28:37 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!The first step in finding the equation is to determine the slope. Remember that the slope of the line passing through (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) is:
So in our case we have:
So our slope is m=2. Now, the equation for a line using the slope and one point is:
y - y1 = m(x - x1)
So using m=2 and (0, -1) we have
y - (-1) = 2(x - 0)
y + 1 = 2x
y = 2x-1
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