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Question 1076367: Given
h(x) = 4x + 8
and
f(x) =
1/8x + 4,
evaluate the composite function.
f[h(0)]
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Question 1076366: Given
h(x) = 6x + 7
and
f(x) =
1
2
x + 2,
evaluate the composite function.
h[f(0)]
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Question 1076365: Given
f(x) = 4x − 8
and
g(x) = 3x − 1,
evaluate the composite function.
g[f(0)]
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Question 1076364: Given
f(x) = 2x − 5
and
g(x) = 5x − 1,
evaluate the composite function.
f[g(x)]
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Question 1076363: Given
f(x) = 3x − 3
and
g(x) = 4x − 1,
evaluate the composite function.
g[f(x)]
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Question 1076362: Given
f(x) = 6x − 6
and
g(x) = 7x − 1,
evaluate the composite function.
f[g(0)]
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Question 1076470: Twin brothers, Andy and Brian, can mow their grandparent's lawn together in 72 minutes. Billy could mow the lawn by himself in 17 more minutes than it would take Andy. How long would it take each person to mow the lawn alone?
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Question 1076468: Why, in my finance class, when asked this question - You invest $1,000 for 3 years at 6% per annum compounding quarterly. What is the equivalent annual simple rate of interest? - am I told the answer is 6.521%, when my calculator shows 6.136%, when I preform (1195.62/1000)^(1*3)-1. Am I missing something when trying to work out interest? Any answers would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Question 1076509: Suppose the spread of an oil leak from a tanker can be approximated by a circle with the tanker at its center and radius r, in feet. The radius of the spill t hours after the beginning of the leak is given by
r(t) = 48t.
(a) Find the area of the spill as a function of time.
A(t) = π(48t)^2
What is the area of the spill after 8 h? Round to the nearest whole number.

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Question 1076519: A had 4 times as much money as B. After A had given B $210, they had an equal amount of money left. How much did B have at first?
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Question 1076647: Question 1073455. What is the formula?
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Question 1076781: Suppose that you are planning a trip to Europe, so you need to obtain some euros. The amount received in euros varies directly with the amount in U.S. dollars. Your friend just converted $600 into 405 euros.
(a) Write a linear function that relates the number of euros E to the number of U.S. dollars d.
(b) If you convert $700 into euros, how many euros will you receive?
(c) Graph the relation between euros and U.S. dollars.
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Question 1076757: A 42-mounth loan to pay your car has monthly payments of R411.35.if interest rate is 8.1% compounded monthly, find the unpaid balance emmediately after the 24th payment.
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Question 1076824: I know that $2314.00 is the total sales tax paid on the whole, which I don't know. Sales tax rate is 9.8%, how do I calculate what the total is?
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Question 1076755: a man buys a house for R200000. he makes a R50000 down payments and agree to amorised the rest of the debt with qurterly payments over 10 years. interest on debt is 12% compounded quaterly.
1)what is size of quarterly payment?
2)what is the total amount of payment?
3) what is the total amount of interest paid?
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Question 1076830: If the probability of getting sick at a D-rated restaurant in LA is 42%, what is the probability that you get sick there exactly once out of 6 visits?
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Question 1076752: find the amount of each payment if a dept of R25000 is amorised with equal quaterly payment over 6 years and money worth 7% coumpounded quaterly.
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Question 1076751: what is the present value of annuity of A A debt of R1000 with interest at 16% compounded quaterly is to be amortised with equal quarterly payments {all the same size} over the next 5 years. what will be the size of these payments be?
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Question 1076838: A small business finds that the probability of an employee getting caught stealing office supplies is about 7%. Out of an office of 15 employees, what is the probability that no employees are caught?
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Question 1076843: If Stanford accepts 3 transfer students per year out of 30,000 applicants in California what is the probability that out of 15,400 applicants from southern California only one or zero get in?
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Question 1076877: A debt of 1000 with interst at 16% compounded quaterly is to be amorized by 20 quarterly payments (all the same size) over the next 5 years. what will the size of these payments be?
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Question 1076876: suppose that couple plan to set up an ordinary annuity with a 100000 inheritance they received. what is the size of quaterly paymens they will receive for the next 6years (while their children are in college) if the account pays 7% counmpounded quaterly.
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Question 1076875: what is the present value annuity of 1500 payeble at the end of each 6 month period for 2 years if money with 8% compounded semi-annually.
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Question 1076871: find the future value if 1000 if invested for 20 years at 8% compounded continously.
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Question 1076863: To start the construction of a rest house in tagaytay, the engineer advice his foreman to erect five pegs to establish the perimeter (outside) of the floor plan, which is in the shape of a regular pentagon. The desired area of the floor plan is 80 squared meters. Find the length of the string needed in the layout. Consider that 5 percent is accounted for tying.
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Question 1076962: Find the principal square root of 9. If necessary, round your answer to the nearest hundredth ( two decimal places.
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Question 1077057: If 60 is 40% of a number, then that number is what percent of 60?
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Question 1077101: (a2+b2)=? (a+b)=√6 , (a-b)=√ 4
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Question 1077213: Mary and Betty went apple picking. Each time Mary picked 3 apples Betty picked 5 apples. At home the girls found out that Betty collected 16 more apples than Mary. How many apples did each girl pick?
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Question 1077236: Three years ago the average price of a movie ticket was $8.75 and now it is $11. What was the annual multiplier and the percent increase?

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Question 1077243: a bag contains red and blue cards. The probability ir drawing red card is 2/5. what is the probability of drawing a blue card.
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Question 1077248: a town has two fire engines operating independently. The probability that a specific fire engine is available when needed is 0.96
a) what is the probability that neither is available when a needed?
b)what is the probability that a fire engine is available when needed?
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Question 1077212: There are 4 white and 8 red roses in a bouquet. Find the ratios.
The ratio of the number of all roses to the number of red roses
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Question 1077249: The ratio of the number of long term parking spaces to the number of short term parking spaces in Farmington Airport is 5 to 7. The ratio of the number of short term parking spaces to the number of parking spaces in the cell phone parking is 8 to 9. There is the total of 3180 parking spaces at the airport. How many parking spaces in the cell phone parking are there?
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Question 1077265: Obtain an equivalent system by performing the stated elementary operation on the system. Replace the first equation by the sum of itself and 3 times the third equation.
9x + 9y + 14z = -18
5x - 8y + 8z = 20
4x - 8y - 3z = 8
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Question 1077173: What is the present value of annuity of R1500 payable at the end of each 6 months period for 2 years if money is worth 8% compounded semi annualy
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Question 1077292: question 62
John owns a hotdog stand. He has found that his profit is represented by the equation with P being profits and x the number of hotdogs sold. How many hotdogs must he sell to earn the most profit?
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Question 1077372: How long will it take to double your money if you invest it at a rate of 8% compounded annually?
Thank you!!
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Question 1077368:
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Question 1077387: A guy wire attached 24 ft. above ground level on a telephone pole provides support for the pole. Describe a procedure you could use to find the length of the guy wire without directly measuring the wire.
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Question 1077450: Suppose the random variable X represents the annual salaries in dollars of a group of teachers. X={$30,000, $40,000, $50,000}
P(30,000) =0.6;
P(40,000) =0.3;
P(50,000) =0.1;
Find the expected value E (x)
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Question 1077326:
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