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Question 247935: the sum of two consecutive even integers is 94
the sum of three consecutive odd integers is 123
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Question 247935: the sum of two consecutive even integers is 94
the sum of three consecutive odd integers is 123
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Question 254608: When 50% of a number is added to it, the result is 180. What is the number?
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Question 254891: When a number is decreased by 30% the result is 140, what number is it?
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Question 255095: three times a number, increased by four, is one half the same number, decreased by one
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Question 255123: I was wondering how you turn a word problem into an algebra equation.
ex1.1.) The total receipts for a basketball game are $1400 for 788 tickets sold. Adults paid $2.50 for admission and students paid $1.25. How many of each kind of tickets were sold?
If x is how many of each kind of tickets were sold i was wondering how you put it in an equation.

Thank you.
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Question 255288: total budget is 118,250.00 25% is for rent and utilities..how do I write it as an algabraic expression?
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Question 255369: what is the unit rate of change of y with respect to x if the slope of the graph of the equation for y in terms of x is 1/4?
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Question 255365: What is the slope of a line that is perpendicular to a line that has no slope? Explain the answer.
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Question 255353: the sum of two numbers is 172. the first is 8 less than 5 times the second. find the fist number.
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Question 255557: How many kilograms of water should be mixed with 60 kg of a 30% acid solution to make a 10% acid solution
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Question 255776: YOU ARE PLANNING TO SPEND NO LESS THAN $6000. AND NO MORE THAN $10000. ON YOUR LANDSCAPING PROJECT.
WRITE AN INEQUALITY THAT DEMONSTRATES HOW MUCH MONEY YOU ARE WILLING TO SPEND ON THE PROJECT.
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Question 256851: The sum of three times a number and 7 more than the number is the same as the difference between -11 and twice the number. What is the number?
I have tried:
3x+7=-11-2x
3x+2x=-11-7
x=-18
This is wrong according to my instructor. The answer is actually supposed to be -3. How?
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Question 256922: If 18.9=100%, what is 14.5? 10.3?
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Question 257035: two times a number plus three times another number equals 4.three times the first number plus four times the other number is 7.find the numbers.
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Question 257358: Part of a $12,000 investment earned interest at a rate of 7%, and the rest earned interest at a rate of 9%. The combined interest earned at the end of 1 year was $890. How much was invested at each rate?
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Question 257395: A fruit drink concentrate is 15% water. How many liters of pure water should be added to 12 L of concentrate to produce a mixture that is 50% water?
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Question 257394: A hospital needs 80 L of a 12% solution of disinfectant. How many liters of a 33% solution and a 5% solution should be mixed to obtain this 12% solution?
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Question 257357: A union contract requires at least one union steward for every 20 union employees or fraction thereof. Regular union employees earn $120/day, and union stewards earn $144/day. A company has a need for 50 total employees and has a daily payroll budget of $6,072. How many of each type of employees will meet the company's needs and consume all the budget?
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Question 257470: A math test has a bonus question. The directions simply state that if you answer the question correctly you will recieve 5 bonus points and your test grade will be increased by 7% of your score. Let x = test score before answering the bonus question.
a) write a function, f(x) to represent just the 5 bonus points
b) Write a function, g(X) to represent just the precent of increase.
c) Explain the meaning of f(g(x))
d) Explain the meaning of g(f(x))
e) Does f(g(x)) = g(f(x)) in the problem? Explain
**** Please help me answer all these questions, i really dont understand. Please and thank you!
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Question 257029: eight times a number plus five times another number is -13.the sum of the two numbers is 1.what are the numbers.

please help me solve this its about elimination using multiplication.i think
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Question 257393: An investment of $10,000 earned a net income of $345 in 1 year. Part of the investment was in bonds and earned income at a rate of 8%. The rest of the investment was in stocks and lost money at the rate of 5%. How much was invested in bonds, and how much was invested in stocks?
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Question 257625: A shop has enough food to feed 520 people for 8 days. 312 more people arrive. How long will the food last now?
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Question 257625: A shop has enough food to feed 520 people for 8 days. 312 more people arrive. How long will the food last now?
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Question 257623: Fred is twice as old as Jane. Five years ago he was three times as old. What is Jane's age now?
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Question 257592: The final grade for a particular course is calculated by dividing total points earned by total points available. There are 120 points available in the first half of the course, and 140 points in the second half of the course. If a student earns 81% in the first half of the course, how many points must the student earn in the second half in order to earn an 80% B final grade?
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Question 257988: They gave me this word problem:
I'm thinking of a number. The square of this number is the same as the number times 4. What could my number be?
I'm lost i have no clue how to write the equation. If you help me i would be very greatful. Please and thank you.
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Question 258054: Hypatia said that, for the linear functions, vertical translations have the same effect as horizontal translations and that reflecting across the x-axis has the same effect as reflecting across the y-axis. Do you agree with Hypatia? Explain why or why not.
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Question 258218: three times a number increased by twenty
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Question 258218: three times a number increased by twenty
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Question 258438: the cost of a long distance telephone call is $.95 for the first minute and $.08 for each additional minute. let C represent the total cost of a call that lasts T minutes. write an equation that represents the cost of a long distance telephone call.
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Question 258478: Blood flow is partially controlled by the cross-sectional area of the blood vessel through which the blood is traveling. Blood vessel B has a radius of 1 times 10−4mm and blood vessel D has a radius of 5 times 10−5mm. Let r1 be the radius of B and r2 be the radius of D. Find the ratio of r1 to r2. What does the ratio tell you?
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Question 258783: four times a number plus five more than three times the number is 47

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Question 258835: In order for a company to realize a profit in the manufacture and sale of a certain item, the revenue, R, for selling X items must be greater than the cost, C, of producing x items. If R=79.99x and C=61x+1050, for what values of x will this product return profit?
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Question 259297: If you have 5units of A and 12units of B and 8 units of C, what is the percent of B?
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Question 260188: four more twice a number is five into an equation
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Question 260253: Given G (t)= 9-2t, write G(-3+h)-G(-3) in simplest form ?
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Question 260334: Audrey has 35 dimes and quarters in her piggy bank with a total value of $6.95. How many of the coins are dimes and how many are quarters?
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Question 260427: four times a number added to 9 times the number equals 39
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Question 260977: The movie theater charges $4 for each child ticket and $7 for each adult ticket. The art club purchased a total of 20 tickets and spent $101.00. How many of each type of ticket did the club buy?
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Question 260981: A bicyle shop has bicycles with 2 wheels and tricycles with 3 wheels. They have 15 different cycles for sale. The 15 cycles have 34 wheels. How many bicycles and tricycles does the shop have for sale?
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