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Question 487208: I need help with an investment problem: Tom made an extra $5000 last year from a part-time job. He invested part of the money at 6% and the rest at 8%. He made a total of $380 in interest. How much was invested at 8%?
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Question 487208: I need help with an investment problem: Tom made an extra $5000 last year from a part-time job. He invested part of the money at 6% and the rest at 8%. He made a total of $380 in interest. How much was invested at 8%?
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Question 487208: I need help with an investment problem: Tom made an extra $5000 last year from a part-time job. He invested part of the money at 6% and the rest at 8%. He made a total of $380 in interest. How much was invested at 8%?
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Question 487223: I need help with a percentage problem: In a local election, 43,400 people voted. This was a decrease of 5% over the last election. How many people voted in the last election.
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Question 202181: Compute the interest. Round to the nearest cent.
Prinipal = $100
Rate = 10% per year
Time = 1 Year
Interest = ____10000_

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Question 487782: Please help!
Geometry: A cube has sides of lenght [5] find the area of one side of cube, find the volume of the cube, find the lenght if the diagonal of one of the sides, find teh distance from A to B on a cube
I need deatiled answers please I need ASAP

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Question 487782: Please help!
Geometry: A cube has sides of lenght [5] find the area of one side of cube, find the volume of the cube, find the lenght if the diagonal of one of the sides, find teh distance from A to B on a cube
I need deatiled answers please I need ASAP

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Question 487797: Please help!!!
I have this problem to solve with a detailed answer please
A colony of bacteria can be modeled by N(t)= 1000e ^0.0014t, where N is measured in bacteria per millilter and t is minutes, evaluate N(0) and interpret results, estimate how long it takes for N to double
Thank you please I need to have this answered for my final exam today

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Question 488884: Rose is 25 years younger than her father. Five years ago, her father was twice as old as she will be 5 years from now. How old is Rose today?
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Question 489171: If the sales tax rate is 6.5% and I have collected $3400 in slaes tax, how much were my sales?
Please help me out with this one!
Thank you!!!

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Question 490191: question:
if 3 1/2 tons of coals cost $21.75. what will be the bill of 7 1/2 tons of coals? can anyone provide me the solution for this problem? thank you..

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Question 490407: Pls. help Evaluate a^4-6b + 3b/ac
Values a=-2 b=6 c=3

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Question 147422: Buddy invested 15000. He put some money in at 4% and remainder in at 5%. At the end of the year he had $690 in interest. How much did he invest at 4% and how much did he invest at 5%?
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Question 490840: two boys start running straight toward each other from two point that are 100m apart.one runs with a speed of 5m/s while the other moves at 7m/s,how close are they to the slower one's starting point when they reach other?
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Question 490849: a photographer in helicopter ascending vertically at a constant rate of 12.5m/s accidentally drops a camera out the window when the helicopter is 60m above the ground,how long will the camera take to reach the ground,with what speed will the camera hit the ground and how high will the helicopter be when the camera hits the ground
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Question 490857: a stone is thrown straight upward with a speed of 20m/s,it is caught on its way down at a point 5.0m above where it was thrown,how far was it going when it was caught,and how long did the trip take
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Question 490838: in order to qualify for finals in racing event,a race car must achieve an average speed of 250km/hr on a track with a total length of 1600m.if a particular car covers the first half of the track at an average speed of 230km/hr,what minimum average speed must it have in the second half of the track in order to qualify
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Question 490852: it takes 0.210second for a drop object to pass a window that is 1.35m tall,from what height above the topof the window was the object released
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Question 491153: My parents opened an investment account 15 years ago, with an initial deposit of $5000. Today, that account is worth $39,533.32. What average annual rate of return did they earn on their investment?
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Question 491107: suppose you invest $15,000 in two funds paying 11 1/2% and 14% simple interest. the total annual interest is $1950. how much is invested in each fund?
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Question 491968: Determine if (3%2F8,-1)is a solution to 8x - 7y = 10.
Please show you work

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Question 492085: solve by factoring 4x^2 - 8x + 4 = 0
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Question 494261: The area of a rectangular field is 9000 square meters. If the ratio of the width to the length is 5 is to 8, what is the length of the rectangular field in meters?
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Question 494504: Hello,
It's a general maths question.
For example if I have: x=2(b-a)/(b-a)
and I allowed to cross out the 2 brackets (b-a) and simply state that x=2
or are there some steps in order to conclude to that answer?
Thank you!
(P.S.sorry for not selecting the apt topic, but the box wasn't working!)

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Question 494746: Consider the function F and G defined by F(x)=%28x-6%29%2F%282x%2B5%29 and G(x)=%28x%5E4-16%29%2F%283x-7%29
Find each of the foll. Where applicable leave your answer as a fraction in simplest form.
A) %28F%2BG%29%287%29
B)%28%28F%2AG%29%289%29%29
C)G%2FF+%2A%286%29
D) DomF
E) DomG
F) Dom%28F-G%29
H) Dom%28F%2FG%29

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Question 494946: How would you write there are 8 more dimes than nickels as an equation?
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Question 495100: tonya bought books and they were 8.99 and 13.99 sales tax was 6% how much change will she get if the gives the clerk 25.00 dollars
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Question 495186: If a stone is tossed from the top of a 270 meter building, the height of the stone as a function of time is given by h(t) = -9.8t2 – 10t + 270, where t is in seconds, and height is in meters. After how many seconds will the stone hit the ground? Round to the nearest hundredth’s place; include units in your answer.
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Question 496390: kg times m squared / s solve for m.we can't even start it.
:( thank you.

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Question 497137: Find all real solutions of the equation. (If there is no real solution, enter NO REAL SOLUTION.)

63x2 − 4x − 4 = 0

hi, im having trouble beginning this problem. it wants me to give a small and large value.
Thank you for your help!

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Question 497421: A youth organization collect nickels and dimes for a charity drive. By the end of the one-day drive, the youth had collected $36.25. If there were two times as many dimes as nickels, how many of each type of coin was collected.
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Question 497451: derrek can type approximately 4800 words in 2h and 30m what is his average typing rate?

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Question 497884: In the year of 2043, 700 students apply to attend Cedric Benson high school in Chicago. 175 of them are interested in joining the table tennis team. 320 are interested in joining the math team. If there are 100 student who are interested in joining both, how many are interested in joining neither?
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Question 497884: In the year of 2043, 700 students apply to attend Cedric Benson high school in Chicago. 175 of them are interested in joining the table tennis team. 320 are interested in joining the math team. If there are 100 student who are interested in joining both, how many are interested in joining neither?
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Question 498287: subtract: 5/9-1/3
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Question 498680: x^6 - 511x^3-512 = 0
find all real solutions of the equation.
hi, im having trouble factoring this out..getting confused with the exponents.
thank you for your time!

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Question 498680: x^6 - 511x^3-512 = 0
find all real solutions of the equation.
hi, im having trouble factoring this out..getting confused with the exponents.
thank you for your time!

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Question 498994: Things did not quite go as planned. You invested $20,000, part of it in a stock that paid 12% annual interest. However, the rest of the money suffered a 5% loss. If the total annual income from both investments was $1890, how much was invested at each rate?
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Question 499121: Hi, can you please help me? Ive tried this problem 9 times...and I keep getting it wrong...
Thank you sooo much for your help! i hope you can help me... it would be soo appreciated! :)
Find all real solutions of the equation. or tell if there is NO REAL SOLUTION.
squareroot of: 9x + 64+8=x


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Question 499261: Consider the function F and G defined by F(x)=%28x-6%29%2F%282x%2B5%29 and G(x)=%28x%5E4-16%29%2F%283x-7%29
A)%28G%2FF%29+%2A%286%29

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Question 499261: Consider the function F and G defined by F(x)=%28x-6%29%2F%282x%2B5%29 and G(x)=%28x%5E4-16%29%2F%283x-7%29
A)%28G%2FF%29+%2A%286%29

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Question 499115: Hi, can you please help me? Ive tried this problem 9 times...and I keep getting it wrong...
The answers I got was: 4, squareroot 3, and negative squarerroot 3
Thank you sooo much for your help! i hope you can help me... it would be soo appreciated! :)
Find all real solutions of the equation. (Enter your answers as a comma-separated list. If there is no real solution, enter NO REAL SOLUTION.)
x3 − 4x2 − 3x + 12 = 0

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Question 499312: How are irrational numbers modeled in the natural world?
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Question 499456: When they ask me to show full workings for a problem, how should this be structured? Can I use words or diagrams to explain, or do I just write each step as an equation?
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Question 499493: how many liters of a 70% acid solution must be mixed with a 15% acid solution to get 385L of a 60% acid solution?
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