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A piece of wire is 5 feet long is to be cut into 2 pieces, one piece is X feet long and is bent into the shape of an equilateral triangle. the other piece is bent into a circle. Find an equation for the total area of the triangle and the circle as a function of X.
1 solutions
Answer 421724 by josmiceli(9679) on 2012-11-11 23:09:35 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!The whole length of wire is  ft
 ft is used for the equilateral triangle
 is used for the circle
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The area of the triangle is 
The base is  . The height is

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The area of the circle is 
To find  , find the circumference

and

Hope I got it
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Linear-equations/678690: I am trying to solve this equation for y
(x/3)-(y/8)=1
I have gotten this far and I am stuck
(-y/8)=1-(x/3)
y= -8(1-(x/3) 1 solutions
Answer 421586 by josmiceli(9679) on 2012-11-11 11:42:16 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I would start by multiplying both sides by
the LCD,

add  to both sides

Subtract  from both sides

Divide both sides by

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Also, doing it the other way:

OK
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Linear-equations/678688: How do I find the distance between the following pairs of points (-2,-5) and (-2,3).
Also, how do i find the slope of the line segments joining them.
Help is appreciated, thank you very much. 1 solutions
Answer 421583 by josmiceli(9679) on 2012-11-11 11:14:56 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!The distance formula is:

given:
P1 ( -2,-5 )
P2 ( -2, 3 )

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The slope is ( change in y ) / ( change in x )
slope = 
slope = 
slope = 
When  is in the denominator of a slope, that
means the slope is infinite, and that means it is a vertical line
through ( -2, y ) where y can be anything
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percentage/678678: One day Tom buys an electric drill when the shop offers a 20% discount. The next day jake buys and identical drill but the discount is then 25%. If tom paid $4 more than Jake,what was the orginal price of the drill? 1 solutions
Answer 421581 by josmiceli(9679) on 2012-11-11 10:44:46 (Show Source):
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Surface-area/678359: Please reply, I'm only a 8th grade student..
What is the surface area in centimeters and the same area in millimeters ? 1 solutions
Answer 421314 by josmiceli(9679) on 2012-11-09 20:58:43 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!It's kind of a general question, but I'll try.
Suppose you have a rectangle that is
3 meters on one side and 5 meters on the other side
The area of the rectangle is  square meters
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To convert the area to square centimeters,
( meters ) x ( 100 centimeters / meter )
 centimeters
and
 centimeters
To get the area, multiply
 square centimeters
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To convert the area to square millimeters,
( meters ) x ( 1000 millimeters / meter )
 millimeters
and
 millimeters
To get the area, multiply
 square millimeters
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Hope this helps.
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test/678025: A motorboat can maintain a constant speed of 16mph relative to the water. The boat makes a trip upstream to a certain point in 20 minutes; the trip takes 15 minutes. What is the current's speed? 1 solutions
Answer 421153 by josmiceli(9679) on 2012-11-08 21:31:53 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!Let  = the speed of the current
 = the boat's speed going upstream
 = the boat's speed going downstream
given:
Going upstream:
(1) 
Going downstream:
(2) 
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Substitute (1) into (2)

Multiply both sides by

The current's speed is 2.286 mi/hr
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Travel_Word_Problems/678035: On a 370-mile trip, Andy averaged 5 miles per hour faster for the last 160 miles than he did for the first 210 miles. The entire trip took 10 hours. How fast did he travel for the first 210 miles?
I have tried so many different ways to solve and just can't! my teacher didn't go over any of this! 1 solutions
Answer 421151 by josmiceli(9679) on 2012-11-08 21:19:23 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!You need 2 equations, 1 for the first 210 miles
and another for the last 160 miles
Let  = his time in hrs for the 1st 210 miles
Let  = his speed for the 1st 210 miles
 = his time in hrs for the last 160 miles
 = his speed for the last 160 miles
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Equation for the first 210 miles:
(1) 
Equation for the last 160 miles
(2) 
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(2) 
(2) 
and
(1) 
Substitute (1) into (2)
(2) 
(2) 
Multiply both sides by 
(2) 
(2) 
(2) 
complete the square
(2) 
(2) 
(2) 
Take the square root of both sides
(2) 
(2) 
and, since
(1) 
(1) 
(1) 
(1) 
His speed for the 1st 210 miles was 35 mi/hr
check:
(2) 
(2) 
(2) 
(2) 
(2) 
OK
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Evaluation_Word_Problems/677885: The problem:
A library receives a large cash donation and uses the funds to double the number of books it owns. Then a book collector gives the library 4028 books. After this, the library has 51,514 books. How many books did the library have before the cash donation and the gift of books?
I've been trying so many different ways to solve this and I can't figure out how you would find out many books they had originally. I needed to define a variable and write an equation for the situation then solve it. I'm very confused can someone please explain this to me? 1 solutions
Answer 421128 by josmiceli(9679) on 2012-11-08 20:08:16 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!the library started with an unknown  number of books
The cash donation allowed them to double that number, so
then they had  books
Then a book collector gave the library 4028 books, so then
they had  books
The total after that was  books, so

The library started with 23,743 books
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Miscellaneous_Word_Problems/677866: The Blakes went to an ice cream place where a small cone costs $1.85, a medium cone costs $2.35, a large cone costs $2.75. There are 5 people in the Blake family and each person ordered one cone. If they spent a total of $11.65, how many medium cones did they buy? 1 solutions
Answer 421109 by josmiceli(9679) on 2012-11-08 17:22:02 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!they could not have all ordered large cones
since that adds up to 
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There can't be 4 large cones since that adds
up to  and that would only
leave 65 cents for the 5th cone
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Can there be 3 large cones and 2 mediums?
 No, that's too much
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Can there be 3 large, 1 medium and 1 small?
 Still too much
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Can there be 3 large and 2 small?
 Too much
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That means there can be at most 2 large cones
Can there be 2 large and 3 mediums?
 Too much
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Can there be 2 large and 3 small?
 Too low
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Can there be 2 large, 2 small and 1 medium?
 Too small
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Can there be 2 large, 2 medium, and 1 small?
 Too much
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It looks like there can only be 1 large
Can there be 1 large and 4 mediums?
 Too much
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Can there be 1 large, 3 medium, 1 small?

They bought 3 medium cones
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Quadratic-relations-and-conic-sections/677706: The question says, "Sketch a narrow parabola that spills water and has a turning point of (0,3). Will this parabola have real or complex roots?"
If you could help me please? that would be great, thank you 1 solutions
Answer 421015 by josmiceli(9679) on 2012-11-08 12:10:16 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!Plot the point (0,3)
If you make this the vertex ( turning point ) and
the parabola spills water ( does not look like a cup )
then the curve has to cross the x-axis twice and
that makes the roots real, and equally spaced on
either side of the y-axis.
The equation would look like
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Quadratic-relations-and-conic-sections/677707: The question states, "sketch a parabola with real roots and a turning point of (0,-7). Is the turning point a minimum or maximum value for f(x)?"
thanks 1 solutions
Answer 421012 by josmiceli(9679) on 2012-11-08 11:57:34 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!It sounds like it could be either one.
The x-coordinate of the vertex is at
 where the equation looks like

The turning point is at (0,-7), so

Now I have

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It looks like  can be any (+) or (-)
number since it just controls the shape
( narrow or wide ) and the direction
( open down or open up )
I'll say
 answer
Here's the plot:
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Numbers_Word_Problems/677693: A pharmacist needs 70 liters of a 50% alcohol solution. She has availble a 30% alcohole solution and an 80% alocohol solution. How many liters of each solution should she mix to obtain 70 liters of wach solution should she mix to obtain 70 liters of a 50% alcohol solution? 1 solutions
Answer 421008 by josmiceli(9679) on 2012-11-08 11:39:34 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!Let  = liters of 30% solution needed
Let  = liters of 80% solution needed
given:
(1) 
(2) 
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(2) 
(2) 
(2) 
Multiply both sides of (1) by  and
subtract (1) from (2)
(2) 
(1)

and, since
(1) 
(1) 
(1) 
42 liters of 30% solution are needed
28 liters of 80% solution are needed
check answer:
(2) 
(2) 
(2) 
(2) 
OK
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Polynomials-and-rational-expressions/677673: find the vertex of the parabola
F(x)=2x^2+8x+3
Can you please show the work so that I can get a full understanding.
Thank you 1 solutions
Answer 421002 by josmiceli(9679) on 2012-11-08 11:23:51 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is a parabola with a minimum and not a maximum
I can tell because the squared term is positive. If I changed it
to  then it would have a maximum.
The vertex is the (x,y) point at the minimum ( or maximum )
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The x-coordinate of the vertex occurs halfway
between the roots, which are
the two solutions to
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To get a deeper understanding of this look at the
quadratic formula which gives these two solutions
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Now I'll separate the terms in each solution:
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Now what you have is:
 = ( x coordinate of the vertex ) + ( the positive correction )
 = ( x coordinate of the vertex ) - ( the negative correction )
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So, you can see that  is the x-coordinate of the vertex
when the form of the equation is 
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I can apply this to your problem

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Now you know the vertex is at ( -2, y ). To find y, plug 
into the equation

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The vertex is at ( -2, -5 )
Here's a plot of the equation:

The vertex is where is should be
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Rate-of-work-word-problems/677555: a small pump can pump all of the blood out of an average turnip in 30 minutes. a larger pump can pump all of the blood from the same turnip in 20 minutes. If both pumps are hooked to the turnip, then how long would it take to get all of the blood out?
I don't know where to start. 1 solutions
Answer 420936 by josmiceli(9679) on 2012-11-08 00:05:49 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!Add the rates of pumping to get the rate
pumping together
( blood pumped by small pump ) / ( pumping time ) + ( blood pumped by large pump ) / ( pumping time )
= ( blood pumped with both pumps ) / ( pumping time )
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Multiply both sides by

It will take 12 minutes with both pumps hooked up
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Polynomials-and-rational-expressions/677539: norma can row her boat 12 miles in the same time as it takes Marietta to cover 36 miles in her motorboat. if marietta's boat travels 15mph faster than norma's boat, then how fast is norma rowing her boat.
I know i have to use time=rate divided by distance. I just have no idea where to start.
1 solutions
Answer 420935 by josmiceli(9679) on 2012-11-07 23:56:59 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!You need 2 equations- one for Norma
and one for Marietta
Let  = time for both
Let  = the speed of Norma's boat
 = speed of Marietta's boat
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Norma's equation:
(1) 
Marietta's equation:
(2) 
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(2) 
Substitute (1) into (2)
(2) 
(2) 
(2) 
and, since
(1) 
(1) 
(1) 
Norma is rowing at 7.5 mi/hr
check:
(2) 
(2) 
(2) 
(2) 
(2) 
OK
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Proportions/677475: Rob can make 2 seats in 11 mins. how long will it take for him to make 16 seats.
NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN AS A PROPORTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 solutions
Answer 420889 by josmiceli(9679) on 2012-11-07 20:51:18 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!( seats made ) / ( time to make them ) = ( seats made ) / ( time to make them )

Multiply both sides by
 min
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You can also solve this way:
it will take him half as long to make just 1 seat
or  min
16 seats will take him 16 times as long, or
 min
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Mixture_Word_Problems/677444: a fishing boat radioed the coast guard for a helicopter to pick up a sick crew member. at the time of the message the boat is 660 km from the helicopter and heading toward it. the average speed of the boat is 30 km per hour and the average speed of the helicopter is 300 km per hr. how long will it take the helicopter to reach the boat? 1 solutions
Answer 420870 by josmiceli(9679) on 2012-11-07 20:00:32 (Show Source):
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Age_Word_Problems/677282: There are four brothers in a store. Each brother is two years older than the next. The youngest brother is three times as young as the older brother. What is the age of the brothers? 1 solutions
Answer 420808 by josmiceli(9679) on 2012-11-07 16:20:57 (Show Source):
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Numbers_Word_Problems/677140: Jim lives 70 miles from work. He rides his bike at 6 mph to the metro station. He then takes the metro to work, which travels at 59 mph. If he spends 45 minutes more on the bike than on the metro, what is the distance from his work to the metro station?
This is the kind of word problem I have had the most trouble conceptualizing in my mind. Firstly, its out to convert minutes to time, so I've attempted this, below. The formula should be D=RT,because they I'm being asked to solve the distance. In my set up, I put 49 minutes over 60 minutes to represent minutes over hours.
6(x + 49/60) + 59x = 70
I then distributed the left side and converted the fraction into a decimal by dividing 49 into 60. My calculator said .816. I assumed I should round my answer to the nearest tenth (is that something I should be doing?), because I get two answers. With .816, I get 6 x .816 = 4.896, with .81, I get 6 x .81 = 4.86 and with the rounded to the nearest tenth, I 6 x .85 = 5.1 THREE completely different answers! So, I'll stick with .81 to see what happens.
6x + 4.86 +59x = 70
Next, I combine like terms.
65x = 65.14
Lastly I divide the variable on both sides.
On my calculator, it says the total is 1.0
x = 1.0
Then, I plugged 1.0 into the metro 59x to make 59(1.0) = and I got 59.
This doesn't seem right to me. Can you help me find out what it is I need to know?
1 solutions
Answer 420738 by josmiceli(9679) on 2012-11-07 13:37:10 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!Just call 45 min 3/4 hr
You need 2 equations, one for home to Metro
and one for Metro to work
Let  = the distance from Metro to work
 = the distance from home to Metro
Let  = time spent on Metro
 = time spent on bike ( home to metro )
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Equation for home to Metro:
(1) 
Equation for Metro to work:
(2) 
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(1) 
Substitute (2) into (1)
(1) 
(1) 
(1) 
(1)  hrs
and
(2) 
(2) 
(2) 
(2) 
From work to Metro is 59.454 mi
check answer:
(2) 
(2) 
(2) 
(2) 
and
(1) 
(1) 
(1) 
(1) 
(1) 
OK
Hope I got it
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Percentage-and-ratio-word-problems/677041: The numerator of a fraction is 3 less than the denominator. If 5 is added to both the numerator and denominator, the value resulting fraction is 3/4. Find the original fraction 1 solutions
Answer 420653 by josmiceli(9679) on 2012-11-07 04:55:42 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!Let the fraction = 
given:
(1) 
(2) 
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Substitute (1) into (2)
(2) 
(2) 
Multiply both sides by 
(2) 
(2) 
(2) 
and, since
(1) 
(1) 
(1) 
The fraction is 
check answer:
(2) 
(2) 
(2) 
(2) 
OK
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