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Question 198970: American Products plans to lay off 10% of its employees in its aerospace division and 15% of its empolooyees in its agricultural division. If altogether 12% of the 3000 employees in these two divisions will be laid off, then how many employees are in each division?
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Question 199066: I submit this problem three times and she stated that it is still incorrect please help.
1.Write the following compound statement in symbolic form
Let p: Today is Friday.
q: Tomorrow is not the day to go shopping.
If tomorrow is not the day to go shopping, then today is not Friday.
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Question 199076: A flower bed is in the shape of a triangle with one side twice the length of the shorter side, and the third side is 22 feet more than the length of the shorter side. Find the dimensions if the perimeter is 170 feet.
a=______feet (shorter side)
b=______feet (second side)
c=______feet (third side)
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Question 199069: again I need your help on this problem please show me the correct way to do this thank you

1.Determine whether the argument is valid or invalid.
A tree has green leaves and the tree produces oxygen.
This tree has green leaves
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 This tree produces oxygen.
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Question 199641: You commute 56 miles one way to work. The trip to work takes 10 minutes longer than the trip home. Your average speed on the trip home is 8 miles per hour faster. What is your average speed on the trip home? I'm having a hard time figuring out where to place everything, I know it's DxRxT promblem.
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Question 199746: area of a sale. The area of in square meters for a triangular sale is given by A(x)=x^2+5x+6 Find A(5), if the hignt of the sail is x+3 meters, then what is the lenght of the sail?
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Question 200426: marys hourly wage is twice that of johns. johns and dennis wade totals 60. if dennis earns 1/3 of johns rate what does mary make and hour?
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Question 200423: three batteries are connected in series so that the total voltage is 54. the voltage of the first battery is twive the voltage of the second and 1/3 the voltage of the thrird battery. find the actual voltage of each battery
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Question 200424: the length of a rectangle is 3 times the width. the difference between the lenght and the width is 8 feet determine the rectangle?
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Question 200425: three times a larger number added to 4 times a smaller number totals 24. when twice the samller number is subtracted from the larger number the result is two. what are the two numbers
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Question 200806: what are the steps i need to take to solve this algebraically
4- x/x-2= -2/x-2
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Question 201837: Bonnie has three types of weights. Barbells all have the same weight. Doughnuts all have the same weight. Spheres all have the same weight.. She does not know haw much each eaight weighs but she does know, a barbell and two spheres weigh 24lbs, a barbell, 2 doughnuts and 2 spheres weigh 34 lbs, and 2 barbells, 1 doughnut and 1 sphere weigh 32 lbs. How much do the individuals weigh?
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Question 202148: angle a and angle b are complementary angles.if one angle is 15 degree more than 2 times the other.find the measure of two angles
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Question 202162: A number increased by 8 is the same as 3 times the number. find the number.
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Question 202164: When 3 times the sum of 4 and an unknown number is subtracted from 10 times the unknown number, the result is equal to 5 times the sum of 9 and twice the unknown number. Find the number.
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Question 202759: the difference of 207, and five times a number is the same as the sum of 20 and one half of that number. find the number.
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Question 202956: a 33 inch wooden board is cut into two pieces. The longer piece is 3 inches less than twice the other piece. find the shorter piece.
when 10 is added to one-third of a number, the result is the same as if eight had been subtracted from twice the number.
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Question 203207: Hello:
I am trying to solve this problem, but i am having a hard time setting up the equation. if you can help me that would be great.
Alex is 8 years younger than his sister. His mother is 6 years more than twice of his sister�s age. His mother is 42 years old.
Find the ages of Alex and his sister.
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Question 203210: Hello:
If someone can help, I am sooo stuck on this problem
3/5√x + x^3 if x = 16
Thank you,
Lcarl
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Question 203209: Alex is 8 years younger than his sister. His mother is 6 years more than twice of his sister�s age. His mother is 42 years old. Find the ages of Alex and his sister.
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Question 203302: A plane travels at a speed of 220mph in still air. Flying with a tailwind, the plane is clocked over a distance of 975 miles. Flying against a headwind it takes 1 hour more time to complete the return trip. What was the wind velocity. Round to nearest tenth.
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Question 203385: Ok, so here is the word problem, can you tell me if I set it up correctly?!
Jack bought a new camera but when it came time to record the purchase in his check register all he could remember was that the price was:
six (6) less than the square of this amount is equal to the amount itself.
So the equation should look like x^2-6=x
Am I correct?
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Question 203796: A girl walked 1/3 of the way at 3 mph and got a car ride the rest of the way at 30 mph. What was her average speed?
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Question 203796: A girl walked 1/3 of the way at 3 mph and got a car ride the rest of the way at 30 mph. What was her average speed?
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Question 204024: The points (1,5), (4,5), and (1,0) represent three corners of a rectangle; find the coordinates of the fourth point.
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Question 206887: 1. one fourth of the sum of a number and two is the same as forty
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Question 206964: My question is: The difference of 21 and the product of 5 and a number y is less than 7.
Please help ?
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Question 207365: Translate phrase: The product of 6 and a number y
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Question 207461: four less than a product of two numbers

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Question 207605: use FOIL.
Multiply as indicated:

(√x − √10)2

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Question 207901: 40% of a number equals the difference between the number and 10
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Question 207901: 40% of a number equals the difference between the number and 10
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Question 208306: George is thinking of an integer between 70 and 90. The sum
of the digits is less then 12 and the product of the digits
is greater then 25. What is George's integer?
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Question 209211: Julie and Eric row their boat (at a constant speed) 45 miles downstream for 5 hours, helped by the current. Rowing at the same rate, the trip back against the current takes 9 hours. Find the rate of the current.
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Question 209857: I have to show the five steps...
-> Two brothers are saving money to buy tickets to a concert. Their combined savings is $55. One brother has $15 more than the other. How much has each saved?
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Question 209855: I have to write the five steps...
-> The sides of a quadrilateral are in the ratio 1:2:3:6. The perimeter is 138 cm. Find the lengths of the sides.
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Question 209989: What number must be added to the numerator of 3/10 to produce the fraction 4/5
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Question 210179: 1)5 less than the prouduct of 3 and p
3p-5
3)16 more than the quotient of d and 7
d/7 + 16
5)18+43s
18+43s
7) 10+y over 31
10+y/31
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Question 210354: five times the difference of two numbers
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