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Question 1100974: In 2000, a company had 1148 stores nationwide. By 2002, this total had grown to 1542. If the number of stores continues to grow exponentially at the same rate, how many stores will be there in 2016?
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Question 1101053: A jet flew from Toronto to Mumbai at 800km/h and returned at 700km/h. If the total trip, not inlcluding stopover time took 15 hours, how far is it from Toronto to Mumbai?
Let x be the distance (in km) between Toronto and Mumbai
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Question 1101054: Peter drove from Ottawa to London, a distance of 575km in 8 hours. Part of the trip was spent driving on a four-lane highway where he averaged 100km/h. The remainder of the trip was spent on a two-lane highway where he averaged 50km/h. How much time was spent driving on the four-lane highway. (use algebra)
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Question 1101057: Amy can run the 100 meter in 6 minutes. Betty can run the 100 meter in 8 minutes. If Betty goes out to practice and starts 1 minutes before Amy starts on her practice, will Amy catch up to Betty before she reaches the 100m marker?
Let x be the time in minutes for Amy to catch Betty.
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Question 1101055: John drove from his house to Kingston in 2 hours. One hour later, he returned hom at a speed 20km/h less than his speed going to Kingston. If John took a total of 6 hours for his trip (including a one hour stop in Kingston), how fast did he travel on each leg of the trip?
Let speed in km/h going to Kingston be x.
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Question 1101062: Two cyclists, 90 km apart, start riding toward each other at the same time. The speed of one cyclist is twice as fast as the other. Find their speeds if they meet after 2 hours. (use algebra)
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Question 1101061: Maggie can mow the lawn in 6 hours. If her sister Julie helpers her, it only takes 2 hours. How long would it take Julie to mow the lawn alone?
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Question 1101066: Find the slope (-4,0),(0,-1)
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Question 1101065: Find y if the line through (9,3) and (-7,y) has a slope of -3/13
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Question 1101065: Find y if the line through (9,3) and (-7,y) has a slope of -3/13
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Question 1101070: Find y if the line through (9,3) and (-7,y) has a slope of -3/16
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Question 1101084: Luke invests $4000 in a mutual fund which yields 5% annually. How much will Luke have in 10 years? (ROUND TO THE NEAREST HUNDREDTH OR CENT)
A = __________
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Question 1101075: A company has recently been hiring new employees. Today the company has
24%
more employees than it did a year ago. If there are currently
46,500
employees, how many employees did the company have a year ago?

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Question 1101082: Suzy has $5000 which she invests in an annuity which yields 6.2% continuously. How much will Suzy have after 8 years?
A = $____
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Question 1101069: Find y if the line through (9,3) and (-7,y) has a slope of 2/13
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Question 1101100: A number consists of two digit whose sum is 9. the Number formed by revising the digits exceeds twice the original number by 18. find the original number.
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Question 1101103: kavi and kural each had a number of apples. kavi said to kural "if you give me 4 of your apples,my number will be thrice yours". kural replied "if you give me 26,
my number will be twice yours".How many did each have with them?
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Question 1101146: A person bought a car for $21,049. After 3 years, the car was worth $11,980. If the value of the car continues to decrease exponentially at this rate, then determine the time it will take to be worth $5498
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Question 1101145: During its exponential growth phase, a colony of the bacterium E. color grew from 5067 cells to 39,491 cells in 60 minutes. How long will it take the colony of 5067 cells to grow to 200,000 cells?
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Question 1101181: I thought of a number, divided it by 1 1/2 , then added 2 1/2 to the result, then multiplied the sum by 1 2/3 . Then I subtracted 1 2/3 and got the result 2 5/6 . What was my number?
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Question 1101178: Mr. Gardener has $300,000 in a deposit account and receives 8 1 3 % interest annually. What annual interest (in dollars) does he receive?
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Question 1101179: Mr. Gardener has $300,000 in a deposit account and receives 8 1/3 % interest annually. What annual interest (in dollars) does he receive?
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Question 1101180: The population of a town increased by 16 2/3 % in 1990 and by 10% in 1991. If the population of the town at the beginning of 1990 was 30,000, what was it at the end of 1991?
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Question 1101186: Find the fifth term of the HP. 2,5/2,10/2,.....
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Question 1101238: a PASSENGER NOTICED THAT SHE HAD FORGOTTEN HER BAG IN A BUS 12 MINUTES AFTER THE BUS HAD LEFT. TO CATCH UP WITH THE BUS, SHE IMMEDIATELY TOOK A TAXI WHICH TRAVELLED AT 95KM/HR.THE BUS MAINTAINED AN AVERAGE SPEED OF 75KM/HR. DETERMINE
A)THE DISTANCE COVERED BY THE BUS IN 12 MINUTES.
B)THE DISTANCE COVERED BY THE TAXI TO CATCH UP WITH THE BUS
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Question 1101245: In a Nationalised bank Mahesh bhai has deposited rupees 20000 at some rate of interest he also deposited the same amount in a Cooperative Bank at 2% more interest to the interest paid to him by nationalised bank the product of both interest is rupees 32 lakh find at which rate of interest Mahesh bhai has deposited this amount in the nationalised bank also find the rate of interest of cooperative bank find the interest of Nationalised Bank and cooperative bank
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Question 1101227: A vehicle moves at an initial speed of 20m/sec with a constant acceleration of 2m/sec square, for 5 sec before brakes are applied. if tha car comes to rest under constant deceleration in 4 sec, determine the total distance travelled during the 9 seconds?
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Question 1101259: A person bought a cat for $21,028. After 4 years, the car was worth $11,987. If the value of the car continues to decrease exponentially at this rate then determine the time it will take to be worth $4992
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Question 1101284: How to Solve the System by Elimination?
-2x + 2y + 3z = 0
-2x - y + z = - 3
2x + 3y + 3z = 5
Please show me how to solve this step-by-step because I've been stuck on this problem for almost an hour. Thank you!!
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Question 1101300: iceman has enclosed one of his mortal enemies in a cube of ice. it is melting uniformly with the volume decreasing by 3 cubic feet per sec how fast is the surface area decreasing when the cubes edge is 5 ft?

i got lost when they are asking about the surface area. Thanks for helping out!

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Question 1101414: Find the slope of the line going through (-3,5) and (7,9) show work
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Question 1101415: Evaluate f(-4) for f(x)=x^2-3x+9 , show work
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Question 1101415: Evaluate f(-4) for f(x)=x^2-3x+9 , show work
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Question 1101410: Find the slope and y-intercept of the line : 5x-10y=20 show work
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Question 1101440: write an equation for a line perpendicular to h(t)=-2t+4and passing through the point (-4,-1). show your work
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Question 1101441: In 2003, the owl population in a park was measured to be 340. By 2007, the population was measured again to be 285. The population changes linearly.
a.Find a formula for the owl population,P. Let the input be years since 2003.
b.What does your model predict the owl population to be in 2012?
show your work
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Question 1101445: Keisha takes out a loan for her college tuition from a bank that charges simple interest at an annual rate of 8.95%. Her loan is for 3500 for 11 months. assume each month is 1/12 of a year..
Find the interest that will be owed after 11 months
Assuming Keisha doesn�t make any payments,find the amount owed after11 months...
The part that has me baffled is assume each month is 1/12 of a year ....
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Question 1101485: aaron went mini-golfing on saturday night. to rent the club and ball costs $5 then each game costs $3. if his total was $17, how many games did he play?
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Question 1101512: What is my mystery number? Add half of a fourth, an eighth, and a sixteenth of a number together and you get 480. What is my number?
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