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Miscellaneous_Word_Problems/603168: An employee is making $12 an hour, if he gets a 5% pay increase what will his new pay rate be? 1 solutions Answer 380597 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-24 20:38:31 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! 12*1.05=$12.60

Numeric_Fractions/602950: What is 14 5/12 - 3 3/4? 1 solutions Answer 380527 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-24 15:46:49 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! 173/12-45/12=128/12=10 2/3

test/602973: what is 2/3 - 0.5 1 solutions Answer 380526 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-24 15:44:21 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! 2/3-1/2= 4/6-3/6=1/6

Money_Word_Problems/603011: How much interest is earned for the investment? $20,000 for 2 years at 6% compounded annually 1 solutions Answer 380524 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-24 15:42:50 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! A=20000(1.06)^2 You do the math

decimal-numbers/602744: WHAT IS 987.4 ROUNDED TO NEAREST HUNDRED ? 1 solutions Answer 380393 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-23 22:16:34 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! 987.40

Polynomials-and-rational-expressions/602701: greatest common divisor of 36 and 108 1 solutions Answer 380392 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-23 22:15:51 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! =36

test/602737: How do I find the maximum area for a rectangle with a fixed perimeter of 120 1 solutions Answer 380390 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-23 22:13:07 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! a square is max' 120/4=30 30*30=900 sq units

Linear-equations/602738: Find the slope and the y- intercept y=-3x+2 1 solutions Answer 380389 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-23 22:11:20 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! slope m=3 y int=2

Linear-equations/602740: Find the slope, if it exists, of the line containing the points (13,7)and (10,-4) 1 solutions Answer 380388 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-23 22:10:41 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! m=(-4-7)/(10-13) m=-11/-3 m=11/3

Geometric_formulas/602588: y=(x-4)(x-6) How do I change this from Quadratic formation to a general formation?? 1 solutions Answer 380354 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-23 19:44:29 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! x^2-6x-4x+24 y=x^2-10x+24

test/602572: 2x-1/3=4x+3=?.please help. 1 solutions Answer 380353 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-23 19:43:03 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! -2x=3 1/3 -2x=10/3 x=(10/3)/-2 x=10/3*-1/2 x=-10/6 x=-1 2/3

Equations/602621: 3 3(2x-6)-8=4(7-x)-3x 1 solutions Answer 380352 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-23 19:39:34 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! 6x-18-8=28-4x-3x 13x=54 x=54/13 x=4.15

Pythagorean-theorem/602627: What happens if the hypotenuse doesn't have a square root? For example, 1566 is the hypotenuse but it does not have a square root, what do you do? 1 solutions Answer 380350 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-23 19:36:51 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! Sq rt of 1566 is 39.573

test/602080: a + 6a - 9 = 30 1 solutions Answer 380113 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-22 19:32:03 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! 7a=39 a=39/7 a=5.57

percentage/602094: 81% of 200 is what number? 1 solutions Answer 380112 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-22 19:30:27 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! 200*0.81=162

Graphs/601974: Hello I am having trouble with finding out the solution sets. the problem is 2/3(3x-6)> 12. Then i get multiple choice answers like the solution set is {x|x > < and to simplify my answer please help 1 solutions Answer 380086 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-22 16:57:13 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! 2x-4>12 2x>16 x>8

Angles/601985: The ratio of the measure of two supplementary angles is 3:7. Find the measure of each angle. 1 solutions Answer 380085 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-22 16:55:27 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! 3x+7x=180 10x=180 x=18 3x=54 7x=126

Linear-equations/602001: the slope of x+y=7 1 solutions Answer 380084 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-22 16:52:48 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! y=-x+7 slope m=-1

Mixture_Word_Problems/601524: please help me with this question Explain the difference between finding the following two solutions: What is 15% of 50? 50 is 15% of what? 1 solutions Answer 379837 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-20 20:45:26 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! 50*0.15=7.5 50/0.15=333.33

Rectangles/601404: Multiplying the width times the length of a rectangle provides its 1 solutions Answer 379757 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-20 13:40:37 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! =area

absolute-value/601420: 3x – 5(2/5+ 3) 1 solutions Answer 379756 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-20 13:39:43 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! 3x-2-15= 3x-17

Expressions-with-variables/601375: I need to learn to solve an equation. here is the problem i am having difficulty with.2/3(z+3)=5-z 1 solutions Answer 379727 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-20 10:52:35 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! 2/3z+2=5-z 5/3z=3 z=(3)/(5/3) z=3*3/5 z=9/5 z=1 4/5

percentage/601072: On the first day,60% of the 300 tickets were sold.How many tickets were sold on the first day? 1 solutions Answer 379600 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-19 17:36:41 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! 300*0.60=180

Linear_Algebra/601082: simplify completely 3(2x+1)-4x 1 solutions Answer 379599 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-19 17:35:03 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! 6x+3-4x= 2x+3

Money_Word_Problems/600643: A theater group made appearances in two cities. The hotel charge before tax in the second city was $1500 higher than in the first. The tax in the first city was 3.5%, and the tax in the second city was 4.5%. The total hotel tax paid for the two cities was 427.50. How much was the hotel charge in each city before tax? 1 solutions Answer 379445 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-18 18:36:06 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! 0.035x+0.045x=427.50 0.08x=427.50 x=427.50/0.08 x=5343.75 ------------- x+x+1500=5343.75 2x=5343.75-1500 2x=3843.75 x=1921.88 first 1921.88+1500=3421.88 second

Numeric_Fractions/600715: How do you work this problem? 5 2/5 - 1 4/5 1 solutions Answer 379439 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-18 18:29:17 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! 27/5-9/5=18/5=3 3/5

Square-cubic-other-roots/600649: x exponent 2 = 16 1 solutions Answer 379438 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-18 18:27:49 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! x^2=16 x=sqrt 16 x=4

Rectangles/600680: if a rectangle has a length of 12cm. What is the perimeter 1 solutions Answer 379437 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-18 18:26:13 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! Not enough information.

Probability-and-statistics/600709: I am trying to solve for P The equation is p + Q = 1 My problem is p + 0.3 = 1 I am in a college Biology class and they threw some math problem to us at the end of the semester, and I haven't had math in over 10 years! Can you help? 1 solutions Answer 379436 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-18 18:23:51 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! p=1-0.3 p=0.7

test/600612: 2 3/4 divided by 19 8/4 1 solutions Answer 379409 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-18 16:12:48 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! (11/4)/(84/4)= (11/4)(4/84)=44/336=11/84

Travel_Word_Problems/600517: i a car travels 205 kilometres in 210 minutes what is its average speed 1 solutions Answer 379373 by rfer(12644)   on 2012-04-18 10:54:42 (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! 205/3.5=58.6 kph