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Question 305893: At full speed an airplane can travel 2800 miles with the wind in 4 hours but it requires 7 hours to travel the same distance against the wind. In miles per hour what is the maximum speed of the plane in air?
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Question 305944: How many 2-inch square blocks can fit inside the SQUARE figure below?
20 inch-TOP/BOTTOM
10 inch-SIDE BY SIDE
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Question 305988: 1. Find the perimeter AND area of a rectangular raft that has a length of 10 ft and a width of 14 feet.
2. Find the perimeter AND area of a square plot of land that measures 45 yards to a side.
3.Find the area of a triangular sail with a base of 16 feet and a height of 40 feet.
4.Find the area of a circular pool cover with a radius of 14 feet.
5. Find the circumference of the circular pool cover described in Thursday�s problem.

I have no clue how to do this it is examples like my homework ones but is NOT my homework ones thank you
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Question 306150: one car travels 56 mile per hour and another travels 31 miles per hour. If they start from the same place at the same time and travel in the same direction, after how many hours will the faster car be 75 miles ahead of the slower car
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Question 306296: what does 5 dimes and 2 quarters equal ?
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Question 306320: A person has 17 coins, all nickels and dimes, worth $1.25. How many nickels are there?

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Question 306370: eighteen less than three times a number equals a number. Whats the number?
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Question 306366: if you spent $6 out of $30 what percent did you spend
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Question 306468: Could someone please give me a hand with this? I get a different answer every time I try it. Than-x a lot.
$198.76X = $417,004.20 + $768,004.00X
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Question 306466: If you dilute 50 ml of a 25% solution of table salt to 100 ml, what will be the resultant percentage strength?

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Question 306634: A substance decomposes radioactively. It's half-life is 32 years. Find the constant k int eh decay formula.
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Question 306836: Find an nth degree polynomial function with real coefficients satisfying the given conditions n=4,3, -1/3 and 1+2i are zeros: f(1) = 64
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Question 307221: what is [x-2][x-4]
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Question 307577: if i pay $60.45 for a blender that was on sale for 35% off, what was the original price?
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Question 307642: I am not sure if this is finance.
Jeremy receives a base salary of $25,000 plus 5% commission on his sales. If Jeremy received a total salary of $45,000 last year, what were his total sales?
I just want to know HOW to do the problem, not the ANSWER.
Thank you!
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Question 308323: A train station is one third of a mile away, and Marc has three minutes to get there. How fast must he run to catch the train (in minutes per mile)?
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Question 308929: b. You will use 25% of your budget to rent business space and pay for utilities. Write an algebraic expression that indicates how much money will be spent on business space and utilities. Do not solve.
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Question 308923:
b. Imagine your profit for 1 day is $1,281, and the cost of running the business for the day is $1,463. What is the revenue for that day? Explain your answer
Profit = Revenue - Cost
OR
P = R - C
I came up with the answer: 1645. I just want to make sure I am correct.

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Question 309073: i have a test tomarow and i don't know how to do the pythagroem theroem. could you help me learn it?
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Question 309081: What fixed and variable costs does the operating company in the simultation have?

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Question 309807: Find the amount that will be accumulated.
a principal of $6000 is accumulated with simple interest of 12% for 1 year
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Question 309809: Please help me with this investment problem!!
How much do I need to invest now at 8% compounded quarterly if I want the accumulated value of the investment to be $20,000 in 12 years?

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Question 310290: how do i find the distance of the legs by only knowing the length of the
hypotenuse
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Question 310443: is it hard

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Question 311517: I have an investment of $50,000 for 30 years paying 6% annual interest rate. How much difference in the AMOUNT would there be if the account was compunded:
Daily (n=365)????
Minutely (n=525,600)????
Thank you.
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Question 311648: An investment company pays 9% compounded semiannually. You want to have $13000 in the future. How much should you deposit now to have that amount 5 years from now?
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Question 311755: Two cars leave Pima Community College traveling in opposite directions. One car travels at 80 mph and the other at 54 mph. In how many hours will they be 938 miles apart?
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Question 312598: Please help me solve this Algebra in Finance: A person earns $100 a week for 15 weeks. He puts $35.75 into a savings account each of these weeks and spends the rest. How much does he spends during the 15 weeks?
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Question 312594: solve 6√8x^4by^3
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Question 312592: 7√45 - 2√5 solve
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Question 312779: solve: Sq. root of 64 + sq. root of 16=
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Question 312828: $775 invested for 12 years at 12 percent compounded annually

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Question 312893: PLEASE can you answer this? if you start with a $375,000 and accumulate interest compounded daily at a 5% annual interest rate how much would be owed after 12 years including the principal you started with? THANK YOU!!!
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Question 313165: you invest $200 into a savings account that earns 2% simple annual interest. How long will it take to earn $50 in interest?
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Question 313229: T-shirts cost $8.00 each and a $25 set-up fee. what is the equation???????????
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Question 313229: T-shirts cost $8.00 each and a $25 set-up fee. what is the equation???????????
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Question 313252: The price of computers has been dropping steadily for the past ten years. If a desktop PC cost $6,000 ten years ago, and the same computing power cost $1,100 three years ago, find the rate of decrease per year. (Assume a straight-line model
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Question 313301: Justin has $35 before spending Y dollars on jeans. How much money remains?
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Question 313368: Given the hypatenuse of sqrt3 what would the other 2 sides be? I think I am missing information but this is all I was given

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Question 313477: IF YOU DILUTE 50ML OF A 25% SOLUTION OF TABLE SALT TO 100ML, WHAT WILL BE THE RESULTANT PERCENTAGE STRENGTH?
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Question 313507: 1. Simplify 28xy/36y
2. 12u-12v+24
3. solve 4x+6=18
4.- 13/34 - (- 7/17)=

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Question 313974: An investment has grown to $89,000 over a 6-year period. The interest was computed daily and the rate was 7 3/8 % per year. What was the original investment?

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Question 314460: The ages of three brothers are consecutive odd integers.The sum of their ages is 111.How old are the three brothers
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Question 314464: Solve each inequality and express your solution using interval notation. (1) 13-7x<55 (2)5x+19< or egual x-41
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