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Question 99648: Can you help me simplify the following leaving the answer in index form please.
4m^8x2m^2/6m^5 or 4mx10 to the eight x 2m squared divided by 6m to the power of 5
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Question 99650: Can you help me simplify the following leaving the answer in index form please.
or 4m x 10 to the eight x 2m squared divided by 6m to the power of 5
I have resubmitted the same question enclosed in brackets. I hope it makes moresense to you. Kind regards. Jimbo
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Question 99680: Sarah invested a certain amount of money into a savings account, and invested 3 times that amount into a mutual fund. If after 1 year the savings account earned 5% interest and the mutual fund earned 11% interest, the total interest earned from the two investments was $152. How much did Sarah initially invest in each fund???
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Question 99679: Sarah invested a certain amount of money into a savings account, and invested 3 times that amount into a mutual fund. If after 1 year the savings account earned 5% interest and the mutual fund earned 11% interest, the total interest earned from the two investments was $152. How much did Sarah initially invest in each fund???
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Question 99854: 6(4+7)+ 7(3+2)
24+42+21+14
101
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Question 99854: 6(4+7)+ 7(3+2)
24+42+21+14
101
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Question 99854: 6(4+7)+ 7(3+2)
24+42+21+14
101
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Question 99800: y1=13x-4 and y2=5x+10 y1 exceeds y2 by 2
can you please help me set the problem up to solve for all variables of x?
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Question 100170: what is the volume if the width of a rectangular prisom is 42", the lengh being 6 feet, and the height being 3 feet?
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Question 100701: x/y=5/9
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Question 100697: On average, families spend 5% of their income on electricity. If a family has an income of $59,000 per year how much can they predict they will spend on electricity?
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Question 100918: Hello! I am reviewing future values for my Finance class and am completely befuddled on the logical progression of the time value of money formulas. It has been quite some time since I have taken Algebra, and that is essentially why I can't figure this transformation out.
FV1 = PV + kPV
must transform into:
FV1 = PV(1+k)
I understand the basics cross-multiplying, but cannot for the life of me figure out how the former was transformed into the latter. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated!
Jonathan Pounds

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Question 100917: Hello! I am reviewing future values for my Finance class and am completely befuddled on the logical progression of the time value of money formulas. It has been quite some time since I have taken Algebra, and that is essentially why I can't figure this transformation out.
FV1 = PV + kPV
must transform into:
FV1 = PV(1+k)
I understand the basics cross-multiplying, but cannot for the life of me figure out how the former was transformed into the latter. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated!
Jonathan Pounds

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Question 101007: of the $50,000 that Natasha pocketed on her last real estate deal, $20,000 went to charity. She invested part of the remainder with an annuak yield of 16% and the rest with an annual yield of 25%. if she made $6060.00 on these investments in one year, then how much did she invest in each fund?
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Question 101049: Suppose the Central Perk coffee shop sells a cup of espresso for $2.00 and a cup of cappuccino for $2.50. On Friday, Destiny sold 30 more cups of cappuccino than espresso for a total of $178.50 worth of espresso and cappuccino. How many cups of each were sold? Could you please help me figure out how to set this problem up. Thanks
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Question 101233: An investor receives $600 annually from two investments. He has $500 more invested at 8% than at 6%. What is the amount invested at each rate?
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Question 101533: The average cholesterol level for people in the United States is 210. According to the formula, how many deaths per year from heart disease can be expected with this cholesterol level? The formula given is: d + 525,000 = 5000c.
I am having trouble figuring this question out. Thanks
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Question 102426: I looked over my notes several times, but I still have trouble setting up the problem and solving it. I'm not even sure I have this under the right category. This is being solved using a Quantity-Value Table.
Juan has coffee that sells for $9 a pound and $4 a pound. How many pounds of each must be mixed to get 20 pounds of coffee worth $8.25 a pound?
I know the table is set up as Q|V|Q*V. What I tried using was x*4, x*9, and 20*8.25. I'm not sure I have it set up correctly. Then I got to 9x+4x=165. Solve and get x = 165/13. I know I'm supposed to apply that answer to get the resulting answer for both the $9 a pound and $4 a pound, but I'm not sure how.
Please and thank you for any help you can give!
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Question 102484: I need help setting up the following problem:
You invest $6000 in two accounts payinhg 6% and 9% annual interest, respectively. At the end of the year, the accounts earn the same interest. How much was invested at each rate?
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Question 102625: Hello- I have recently returned to school and need help. It seems no one I know can remember Algebra to help me and I am having issues with the word problems, frankly they are starting to annoy me. My problem is as follows:I need to compare the price of Glad wrap to Press'n Seal. A roll of Glad wrap sells for $2.99. A roll of Press'n Seal sells for $3.79 or 5 cents a square foot. Press n'Seal sells for 10/3 times as much per square foot as Glad Wrap. What is the price of Glad wrap per square foot? I know I need to find the price of Glad per sq. ft. I have tried all the examples shown in chapter 5 and I guess I'm not sure what goes where anymore. I would appreciate ANY help and BIG Thank you ahead of time. Also any suggestions on learning to decipher word problems?? I have along ways to go.
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Question 102631: What is the formula to solve this problem and how would I make a chart to use with the formula?
Mona earns three times as much as an actuary as she does as a writer. Her total income is $40,000 more than her brother. He makes half as much as Mona does as an actuary. What is Mona's salary as an actuary?
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Question 102709: My question is:
Jo has 37 coins (all nickels, dimes, and quarters) worth $5.50. She has 4 more quarters than nickels. How many dimes does Jo have?
I am supposed to figure out how many dimes she has and I have to figure out my equations with a chart to help me. So far I have concluded that:
1.) Number of Coins x Value of coins = Total value ($5.50) is the equation
2.) Nickels-- .05N
3.) Dimes-- (37-N).10
4.) Quarters-- (4+N).25

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Question 102776: How do I set up this problem to solve it?
Nine cartons of juice cost the same as 5 fruit cups. Also, one fruit cup costs $0.50 more than one bowl of soup, while one bowl of soup costs $0.50 more than one carton of juice. What would be the cost of each item: a carton of juice, a fruit cup, and a bowl of soup?
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Question 102920: A coffee merchant has coffee beans that sell for $9 per pound and $12 per pound. The two types are to be mixed to create 100 lb of a mixture that will sell for $11.25 per pound. How much of each type of bean should be used in the mixture?
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Question 103366: Good Morning- I am having problems with the following. Bessy has 6 times as much money as Bob, but when she earns $6.00, Bessy will have 3 times as much as Bob. How much does each have before and after earning $6.00?
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Question 103603: Hey, I was given this word proble, but I am having difficulties understanding it. Here it is: What is the maximum amount of postage you can pay using a combination of 5cent and 11cent stamps. It seems to me that they are missing something, but maybe I'm wrong. Thanks for the help.
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Question 104145: solve for g
40= (2)(1+g)/ 13.8-g
I am confused because we are solving for a varible that shows up in the equation more than once.
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Question 104472: please show the equation for adding mixed numbers example 4/7+3/14
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Question 104411: two times a number plus 1 is 21
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Question 104484: You have $30 to spend for a sweatshirt. the sales tax is 6% What is the most the sweatshirt can cost? Write an equation and solve.
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Question 104517: The fuel for a chain saw is a mix of oil and gasoline. The ratio of ounces of oil to gallons of gasoline is 7:19. There are 38 gallons of gasoline. How many ounces of oil are there?
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Question 104715: The maximum speed of a greyhound is 153 miles per hour less than 3 times the maximum speed of a cheetah. If a greyhound's maximum speed is 42 miles per hour, what is the maximum speed of a greyhound? Check to make sure your answer is reasonable.
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Question 105490: Can you please explain the foil system to me I didnt understand it in school?
Thank you,
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Question 105594: Dolls cost $140 per carton and trucks cost $430 per carton. If an order comes in for a total of 100 cartons for $28,500, what was the number of cartons of dolls? (Hint, Let T= trucks)
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Question 105617: One-twelfth of all sales at Bill's Dine is for cash. If cash sales for the week were $240, what were Bill's total sales?
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Question 105877: Simplify. i^-34
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Question 106347: Jo has 37coins( all nickels, dimes and quaters) worth $5.50. She has 4 more quatersthan nickels. How many dimes does Jo have?
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Question 106374: A vending machine contains $22.15. The machine contains 195 coins, which consist of only nickels, dimes, and quarters. If the machine contains five times as many dimes as nickels, how many nickels does the machine contain?
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Question 106984: identify the slope and y-intercept of the line with the given equation.
6x-2y=2
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Question 107244: For 68 days in a row, a person receives twice the number of pennies as the day before (day 1 - .01, day 2 - .02, day 3 - .04, day 4 - .08...........). What is the sum of the total 68 days?
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Question 107309: In the period of a year, an inventor lost twice as much as he gained. If he originally had $10,000 and now has $8000, what amount did he gain and what did he lose?
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Question 107583: please help solve this problem 18xSQUARE+50=60X
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Question 107671: How much would a young married couple have to invest now at 8%annual interest to get $100,000.00 at retirement in 40 years.What is the equation for this.?The answer is about 4605.
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Question 107907: 21x -1400000 = 1000000
its simple but I haven't done it in ages
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