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Question 1051507: How do u solve b=16,c=20

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Question 1050809: TUTORS help please

Suppose a jar contains 5 red marbles and 33 blue marbles. If you reach in the jar and pull out 2 marbles at random, find the probability that both are red.

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Question 1051586: simplify the expression and show check of answer. assume that x and y represent nonnegative real numbers
^3 sqrt (-81y^15/27x^6)
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Question 1051600: What is this probability?
Giving a test to a group of students, the grades and gender are summarized below
A B C Total
Male 16 10 19 45
Female 6 3 15 24
Total 22 13 34 69

If one student was chosen at random,
find the probability that the student got an A.
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Question 1051668: The sum of two numbers is 18. Twice the smaller number decreased by three equals the larger number. What are the two numbers?
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Question 1051720: CSC theta = a; theta is in quadrant II; calculate cos theta
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Question 1051720: CSC theta = a; theta is in quadrant II; calculate cos theta
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Question 1051747: 2x+y>-6
Please graph the following inequality and show me how you worked the problem. Thanks
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Question 1051748: x+2y is less than or equal to - 8
Please graph the following inequality and show me how you worked the problem. Thanks
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Question 1051749: x+5y is less than or equal to 4
Please graph the following inequality and show me how you worked the problem. Thanks
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Question 1051876:
Hello , Are my answers correct?
Let S be the universal set, where:
S ={1,2,3,...,18,19,20}
Let sets A and B be subsets of S, where:
Set A= {4,7,8,9,10,12,13,18}
Set B ={1,2,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,14,17,19,20}
My answer is A={1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20
B={4,9,10,12}

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Question 1051883: I need help, I can't seem to understand this problem

Suppose Set A contains 84 elements and the total number elements in either Set A or Set B is 133.?
Suppose Set A contains 84 elements and the total number elements in either Set A or Set B is 133. If the Sets A and B have 1 elements in common, how many elements are contained in set B?
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Question 1051960: use algebraic procedures to find the
exact solution or solutions of the equation.

5x = 70
2^1 - ^x = 3^x +^1
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Question 1051992: Company A rents cars for $32 per day and 9� per mile driven. Company B rents cars for $18 per day and 12� per mile driven. You want to rent a car for one day. Find the maximum number of miles you can drive a Company B car if it is to cost you less than a Company A car. (Give your answer as a whole number.)
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Question 1051988: How much money in dollars should a person deposit in a 6-months certificate of deposit CD that earns 5% simple interest in order to have $3000 when the CD matures at the end of the 6 months? Round your answer up to the nearest cent. (Enter a number.)
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Question 1052013: use algebraic procedures to find the exact solution or solutions of the equation.
quest. 31.)
log(5x - 1) = 2 + log(x - 2)

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Question 1051989: A person borrows $100,000 at a 6% simple interest rate for 1/2 year. How much simple interest I in dollars is owed on the loan at the end of 1/2 year? (Enter an exact number.)
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Question 1052095: b2-2b-1,b 5-1/b5=?

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Question 1052051: If your company borrows $300,000 at 8% interest and agrees to repay the loan in 10 equal semiannual payments to include principal plus interest, how much would those payments be?
Answer = $36897
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Question 1052183: Mary spends 1/2 of her income on rent and food, 1/12 on entertainment, and 1/4 of her income on clothing. She saves the rest, which is $500. What is her monthly income?
I figure out that LCD is 12 but have not been able to figure out from there.
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Question 1052184: A man can dig a ditch in 3 hours and his daughter can dig the same size ditch in 5 hours. Working together, how long will it take them to dig the ditch?
I put 1/3 and 1/5 and got the LCD of 15. Then I figure out 5/15-3/15 but was not sure if the answer would be just 2 hours or 2 hours and 15 minutes?

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Question 1052149: b2-2b-1=0,b5-1/b5=?
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Question 1052212: Show the correct steps in order that you could take the equation 2/5(x+5/2)=27
How can the distributive property help you solve this problem?
Step 1: 2/5 x =26
Step 2: 2/5 x . 5/2 =26 . 5/2
Step 3: x = 65
Step 4: 2/5 x + 1 = 27
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Question 1052210: Kia buys a shirt that cost $12.50 and some pairs of socks that are $2.50 each. She pays a total of $27.50. How many pairs of socks did Kia buy? How can you get the term with the variable by itself on one side of the equation?

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Question 1052178: 1) A retiree invests $3,000 in a savings plan that pays 3% per year. What will the account balance be at the end of the first year?

2) A friend lends you $240, which you agree to repay with 4% interest.
How much will you have to repay?
$

How much of that was interest?
3)
Alewuya invests $14,000 at 2% simple interest for 7 year. How much is in the account at the end of the 7 years period?

thanks
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Question 1052322: Can you please assist me with the following equation: y=2x+6
y=8x-34
I've been trying for more than an hour to solve this and I'm still unable to do so. Any assistance that you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Also, can you please show the steps? Thank you.
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Question 1052449: You have already invested $300 in a stock with an annual return of 11%. How much of an additional $1,100 should be invested at 12% and how much at 6% so that the total return on the entire $1,400 is 9%?
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Question 1052446: You have already invested $300 in a stock with an annual return of 11%. How much of an additional $1,100 should be invested at 12% and how much at 6% so that the total return on the entire $1,400 is 9%?

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Question 1052453: A corner lot has dimensions 25 by 40 yards. The city plans to take a strip of uniform width along the two sides bordering the streets to widen these roads. How wide should the strip be if the remainder of the lot is to have an area of 844 square yards? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
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Question 1052734: If one-sixth of a small square on the 10 x 10 grid represents 8 people, how many people are represented by the entire grid?
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Question 1052799: The equation c=1.2 x plus 85.73 can be used to estimate the cost c of a holiday dinner for 10 people x years after 2000. Determine in what year the cost of a dinner for 10 people will be $95.33.
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Question 1052897: the perimeter of a square picture frame is 48 inches. one side length of the frame is 30.48 centimeters. how many centimeters are in an inch?
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Question 1052941: Rs.432 is divided amongst three
workers A, B and C such that 8 times
A�s share is equal to 12 times B�s
share which is equal to 6 times C�s
share. How much did A get?

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Question 1052940: Jack is 3 times as old as Bob. Six years later the sum of their ages will be 32. What is Bob�s age today?
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Question 1052952: aperson has a $220 monthly payment what is the total amount of money paid if a 36 payments are required
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Question 1053043: If coconuts are twice as expensive as bananas, and bananas are one third as expensive as grapefruits,what is the ratio of the price of one coconut to one grapefruit?
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Question 1053074: Solve the system by graphing both lines on one coordinate system. Show work and each point.
2x+y=3
x-3y=12
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Question 1053265: At the same store, Leigh bought 2 pairs of pants and 5 shirts for $61, and Jessica bought 3 pairs of pants and 2 shirts for $64. How much does 1 pair of pants cost?
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Question 1053343: Price of five cream bun is 75 p more than the price of nine mince pies what is the cost of one mince pie in terms of the price of a cream bun, and if the price of a cream bun is 60 p how much is a mince pie

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Question 1053405: Kristan deposits $345 for 5 years at 5.5% interest, compounded quarterly. What is her balance?
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