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Question 1124179: -4.0/-0.006
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Question 1124096: Every Monday, James has a math class and a biology class.
The probability that he will have his math homework done is 0.46
and the probability he will have his biology homework done is 0.57.
If the probability he will have his biology homework done but not his math
homework is 0.21,
what is the probability he will have his math homework done given that he does
not have his biology done?
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Question 1124191: a. Suppose f is an exponential function and f(0)=8 and f(1)=18. Write a function formula for f.
-what is f(x)=
b. Suppose g is an exponential function and g(2)=10 and g(3)=19. Write a function formula for g.
-what is g(x)=

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Question 1124097: J, K, and L are events in sample space S.
Pr(J)=0.35
Pr(K)=0.18
Pr(L)=0.24
Pr(J∩K)=0.11
Pr(J′∩L′)=0.55
Pr(K′∩L)=0.16
What is Pr(J|K)?

What is Pr(L|J)?

What is Pr(K|L′)?

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Question 1124097: J, K, and L are events in sample space S.
Pr(J)=0.35
Pr(K)=0.18
Pr(L)=0.24
Pr(J∩K)=0.11
Pr(J′∩L′)=0.55
Pr(K′∩L)=0.16
What is Pr(J|K)?

What is Pr(L|J)?

What is Pr(K|L′)?

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Question 1124192: The function f(x)=3^x is an exponential function and is often referred to as the "tripling function."
a. for any value of x, f(x+1)is how many times as large as f(x).
b. for any value of x, f(x+2) is how many times as large as f(x).
c. If x increases by 4, f(x) becomes how many times as large?

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Question 1124190: A 9-inch tall sunflower is planted in a garden and the height of the sunflower increases by 10% per day.
a. What is the 1-day percent change in the height of the sunflower?
b. At any given moment, the height of the sunflower is what percent of its height 1 day prior?
c. What is the 1-day growth factor for the height of the sunflower?
d. Write a function f that determines the height of the sunflower (in inches) in terms of the number of days t since it was planted.

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Question 1124213: Find the continued products of the following:
m+1,m-2,m+3

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Question 1124213: Find the continued products of the following:
m+1,m-2,m+3

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Question 1124149: Sue used 54 ft of forming and 24 cubic ft of concrete to pour a sidewalk 4 inches thick. Assuming that the length is the larger of the dimensions, what was the length of the sidewalk?
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Question 1124270: let f be the function defined by f(x)=4x-3. Find f(4), f(1/4), f(0), f(a), and f(a+1)
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Question 1124270: let f be the function defined by f(x)=4x-3. Find f(4), f(1/4), f(0), f(a), and f(a+1)
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Question 1124285: Three consecutive odd integers are such that the square of the third integer is 9 less than the sum of the squares of the first two. One solution is -3 -1 and 1 find 3 other consecutive odd integers that also satisfy the given conditions
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Question 1124389: Suppose a company has fixed costs of $54,400 and variable cost per unit of 4/9 x + 222 dollars, where x is the total number of units produced. Suppose further that the selling price of its product is 1856 −5/9 x dollars per unit.
(a) Find the break-even points. (Enter your answers as a comma-separated list.)
Hint: Form the revenue function R(x) and the cost function C(x) first. Then find the break-even points.

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Question 1124428: Suppose an exponential function f has a 5-unit growth factor of 1.71.
a. What is the 1-unit growth factor for f?
b. What is the 2-unit growth factor for f?
c. What is the 1/2 -unit growth factor for f?

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Question 1124475: How to solve;
{ { { x^-2 = 9/25 } } }

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Question 1124485: Factories A and B produce all of the computers sold at Cheapo Discount Stores. Factory A produces 4 times as many computers as factory B. The probability that a computer produced by factory A is defective is 0.3 and the probability that one produced by factory B is defective is 0.2.
If a Cheapo computer is selected at random and it is found to be defective, what is the probability it came from factory A?

If a Cheapo computer is selected at random and it is found not to be defective, what is the probability it came from factory B?

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Question 1124483: An urn contains five red balls, two green balls, and three yellow balls. Three balls will be drawn from the urn, one at a time, at random.
If the balls are drawn without replacement (i.e. when a ball is drawn it is not placed back into the urn before the next draw), what is the probability the first is yellow, the second is green, and the third is red?

If the balls are drawn with replacement (i.e. when a ball is drawn it is placed back into the urn before the next draw), what is the probability the first is yellow, the second is green, and the third is red?

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Question 1124541: Find the missing value. Show all steps.
10^x=1/10000

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Question 1124541: Find the missing value. Show all steps.
10^x=1/10000

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Question 1124561: Factories A and B produce all of the computers sold at Cheapo Discount Stores. Factory A produces 4 times as many computers as factory B. The probability that a computer produced by factory A is defective is 0.3 and the probability that one produced by factory B is defective is 0.2.

If a Cheapo computer is selected at random and it is found to be defective, what is the probability it came from factory A?


If a Cheapo computer is selected at random and it is found not to be defective, what is the probability it came from factory B?

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Question 1124560: Tom has three coins. Two are fair and one is an unfair coin weighted so that heads is five times as likely as tails. He selects one of the coins at random and flips it.

What is the probability it comes up heads?

If it does come up heads, what is the probability it was a fair coin?

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Question 1124414: For each of the following equalities, determine the value(s) of x that makes the equation true. If there is more than one value, enter the values as a comma-separated list.
a. 9 1/2=x
b. x^2=64
c. n^4.5*n^5=n^x
d. m^9.9/m^6=m^x

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Question 1124636: Rita borrows​ $4,500 from the bank at 9 percent annually compounded interest to be repaid in three equal annual installments. The interest paid in the third year is
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Question 1124681: $$$$$
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Question 1124723: What is the perimeter of a right angle triangle with one leg of 5 ft. and a hypotenuse of 13 ft.?
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Question 1124723: What is the perimeter of a right angle triangle with one leg of 5 ft. and a hypotenuse of 13 ft.?
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Question 1124703: A rock concert sells lower level tickets for $67 and upper level tickets for $73. On the opening night 6481 tickets were sold for a total $461383.
How many lower level tickets were sold?
How many upper level tickets were sold?

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Question 1124707: A model rocket is launched with an initial velocity of 250 ft per second. The height h, in feet, of the rocket t seconds after the launch is given by
h = −16t2 + 250t.
How many seconds after the launch will the rocket be 400 ft above the ground? Round to the nearest hundredth of a second.
Thank you!!!

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Question 1124738: Xiao Li wishes to accumulate​ $50,000 by the end of 10 years by making equal annual end-of-year deposits over the next 10 years. If Xiao Li can earn 5 percent on her​ investments, how much must she deposit at the end of each​ year?
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Question 1124736: A local bank is offering a zero-coupon certificate of deposit for​ $25,000. At​ maturity, three years from​ now, the investor will receive​ $32,000. What is the rate of return on this​ investment?
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Question 1124755: the figure shows a quadrant of a circle of radius 12cm given that D is the midpoint of the arc AC find,
i) lenght pf BD
ii) perimeter of shaded region
iii) area of shaded region

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Question 1124773: Andres Michael bought a new boat. He took out a loan for $24,500 at 4.5% interest for 2 years. He made a $4500 partial payment at 2 months and another partial payment of $3000 at 6 months. How much is due at maturity?
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Question 1124775:
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Question 1124820: If the solutions to a quadratic equation are - 3 and + 4, what is the equation?
Be careful to write the quadratic in standard form: Ax2 + Bx + C = 0.
A, B, and C must be integers - no fractions, no decimals - and A must be positive.
The equation is

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Question 1124826: Sam is having a problem with rabbits getting into his vegetable garden, so he decides to fence it in. The length of the garden is 9 feet more than 6 times the width. He needs 74 feet of fencing to do the job.
What is the length of the garden?

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Question 1124834: Chris shoots an arrow up into the air. The height of the arrow is given by the function h(t) = - 16t^2 + 64t + 22 where t is the time in seconds. What is the maximum height of the arrow?
The maximum height is feet.

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Question 1124847: Determine the nature of the solutions to the equation: x2 + 2x - 4 = 0

A. One repeated real solution
B. Two irrational solutions
C. Two complex solutions
D. Two rational solutions

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Question 1124847: Determine the nature of the solutions to the equation: x2 + 2x - 4 = 0

A. One repeated real solution
B. Two irrational solutions
C. Two complex solutions
D. Two rational solutions

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Question 1124848: A college student earned $7200 during summer vacation working as a waiter in a restaurant on the boardwalk at the beach. The student invested part of the money at 10% and the rest at 9%. If the student received a total of $680 in interest at the end of the year, how much was invested at 10%
The amount invested at 10% was

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Question 1124830: The profit, P, in dollars for manufacturing n units of a certain product is given by the formula P = 3n2 - 30n - 150. (Assume that n is a positive integer.) How many units are produced when the profit is $450.00?
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Question 1124876: A fair coin is tossed nine times, with the result (H or T) of each flip noted.


How many outcomes does the experiment have?


How many outcomes are there where heads comes up three times?


What is the probability of the outcome HHHTTTTTT?



What is the probability that heads comes up three times?

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Question 1124881: Every day, there is a 90% chance that Kevin will spill coffee on himself while driving to work.


Looking at the next five days, what is the probability that Kevin will spill coffee on himself on just two of those days?



Looking at the next five days, what is the probability that Kevin will spill coffee on himself on at least two of those days?


Enter your answers as whole numbers or decimals.

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Question 1124878: Every day, Quinn either gains two pounds (with probability 12) or loses one pound (with probability 12). Each day these probabilities are independent of whether she lost or gained weight any other day.
At the end of four days, what's the probability that Quinn will weigh one pound less than she did before?

At the end of four days, what's the probability that Quinn will weigh one pound more than she did before?

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Question 1124850: Find - f( x ) when f( x ) = - 2x + 1.
A. 2x - 1
B. - 2x - 1
C. - x - 1
D. 2x + 1

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