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Question 625667: What is the volume of a sphere, whose radius is 6 meters. Leave answer in terms of pi.
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Question 625738: I keep getting different answers so I thought I would ask this again.
Find the volume of a cone, in terms of pi, with a radius of 3 inches and a height of 6 inches. If the radius of the cone is doubled while the height remains constant, what is the volume of the cone? What happens to the volume of a cone if it�s radius is doubled?
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Question 626458:
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Question 627578: Three times a number minus seven is less then 17 and greater then 5
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Question 627748: If a contractor pays a average wage of 20 per hour and wantsto make 15% mark upon the cost of labor. What will the contractor charge as a average labor cost on contracts?
A.20.30
B. 21.50
C.23.00
D.26.00
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Question 627749: Which polynomial expression would have a value of -2 when x=-2?
A. 2x+2x-2
B. 3x-4x+1
C. x+3x+2
D. -x-4x-6
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Question 628072: Must be in Algebraic Expression with Correct Units for the following problem:
_____________________________________________________________________________
The length of the SIDE of a Rectangular desk is; x-4y cm.
The length of the front is; x+4y cm.
What is the area of the TOP of the rectangular desk?
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All help greatly appreciated!
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Question 628291: A washer and dryer cost $995.00 combined, the washer costs $95.00 more then the dryer, how much is the dryer?

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Question 629751: A washer and a dryer cost combined. The washer costs more than the dryer. What is the cost of the dryer?

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Question 631550: Kate got x amount of dollars for a birthday gift, she spent $10.00 on something then spent 30% of what was left over and saved the rest. What represents the amount Kate saved?
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Question 632589: three years ago a father was four times as old his daughter is now. the product of their present ages is 430. calculate the present ages of the daughter and the fahter.
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Question 632742: The sum of three consecutive numbers is 138. What are the three numbers?
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Question 632740: A concrete driveway measures 14 yards by 5 yards. The driveway will be 0.5 yards thick. How much will it cost if concrete is $3.50 per cubic yard?
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Question 633399: If I can do a job in 4 h and we can do the same job in 2 h, how long can you do the job alone?
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Question 633993: The Larger of 2 integers is 4 times the smaller. The sum of the 2 integers is less than twenty. Find the largest possible values for the integers
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Question 635395: Suppose you work in a lab. You need a 15% acid solution for a certain test, but your supplier only ships a 10% solution and a 30% solution. Rather than pay the hefty surcharge to have the supplier make a 15% solution, you decide to mix 10% solution with 30% solution, to make your own 15% solution. You need 10 liters of the 15% acid solution. How many liters of 10% solution and 30% solution should you use?
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Question 635558: The square of the difference of two numbers equals the sum of their squares less twice their product.
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Question 637154: Read the following lesson estimating square roots. Complete the table at the end and turn in to your instructor.
1. Study the following geometric pattern of squares. What do you notice?
1x1 2x2=4 3x3=9 4x4=16 5x5=25 6x6=36

6x6 + 4 = 40

Did you see that each square in the first row is formed by adding the �L-shaped� piece to the previous smaller square?
2. For 40 tiles, the previous full square contains _______ tiles, making the square that is _____ by ____. The extra 4 tiles are a fractional piece of the �L� that will make the next perfect square. What fraction of the �L-piece� is shaded? ________
We know lies between 6 and 7. Let�s use 4/13 in estimating 6 as an approximate value for . Use this method to complete the table, rounding as shown.
Number Side of
last sq Fractional
L-piece Mixed numeral form Decimal form Sq Root from TI-73 Difference
in values
40 6 4/13 6
6.30769 6.32456 .01687
75
96
125
1x1 2x2=4 3x3=9 4x4=16 5x5=25 6x6=36

6x6 + 4 = 40

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Question 638028: The formula h = 120t-16t^2 gives the height h in feet of an object t seconds after it is shot upward from Earth's surface with an initial velocity of 120 feet per second. What will the height of the object be after 6 seconds?

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Question 638596: A sum of $2700 is to be given in the form of 63 prizes. If the prize is of either $100 or $25, find the number of prizes of each type.
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Question 638597: Billy is saving up to buy a new cell phone. He has $45 right now, and can save $6 each month. If billy wants to buy a phone that costs $63, how many months does he have to save up?
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Question 639162: Please show me how to solve this problem
Richard's average driving speed is 3 miles per hour faster than grace's. In the same length oftime it takes Richard to drive 180miles, Grace only drives 168 miles. What is Richard's average driving speed?

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Question 640317: Twice a number plus another number is 4. Their sum is 2. Find the numbers
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Question 640861: What is a number decreased by the sum of the number and nine?
translation please....
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Question 640852: I can not figure out how to put this in algebraic form to work it out, here is the problem...........Amy is choosing a cell phone plan. Three different companies offer a different number of free minutes of phone calls per month. City Com offers 280 less than twice the number of free minutes offered by Talk for Less Phone. Renee's Cell Phone offers 80 more free minutes per month than Talk for Less Phone. The sum of the free minutes offered by City Com and Talk for Less Phone is equal to twice the number of free minutes offered by Renee's Cell Phone. How many free minutes does each company offer?
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Question 641539: a number decreased by the sum of the number and eight

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Question 641744: The difference between six and twice a number is 4 more than the number. Help!
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Question 642168: one number is 5 more than another. if the sum of the two numbers is 35, find the two numbers.
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Question 642228: What is 5 more than 23 and 7?
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Question 642938: Three years from now, Judith will be y years old. How old was she 4 years ago?
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Question 643024: what is 2 less than 3 times a number is equal to 7?
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Question 643803: your friend and his two sisters bought you a gift for your birthday. he paid $7.50 for his share (one-third of the gift). what was the total cost of the gift verbal model
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Question 643997: factor: 12a^2 minus 8ab
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Question 644363: E=I(r+R); solve for r
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Question 644467: subtract twice x from y. multiply the answer by n. divide the resulting number by the product of t and s. whats the answer
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Question 644745: Matthew has two different stocks. One of the stocks is worth $4 more per share than the other. He 20) has 13 shares of the more valuable stock and 27 shares of the other stock. His total assets in stocks
is $1412. How much is the more expensive stock worth per share?
PLEASE HELP ME SOLVE THIS
THANK YOU
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Question 645564: Hi. I need help figuring out how to do this problem. Thanks.
Four added to the quotient of a number and 6 is equal to 11 less than the number. What is the number?
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Question 647467: Kingdom, a toy chain, placed a seasonal order for two different stuffed animals. The polar bears cost $11.25 each and the penguins cost $8.75 each. The total cost of the order is $2,042.50 for 210 pieces. How many of each animal were ordered?
Number of polar bears ordered: ___________
Number of penguins ordered: ___________
Equation:_____________________________________________________
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Question 647519: a t shirt and a pair of socks cost 12.70$ if 2 pairs of socks cost 1.45$ less than one t shirt. how much does the t shirt cost
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Question 647517: kaari is taller than elane the difference between the height is 20 cn . kaari's height times 8 is equal to 9 times elane's height. What are their heights
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Question 647542: How do I solve this problem?
The quotient of 6 more than 2 times a number, and the number
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Question 647565: Meera purchases a number of 30 cents and 50 cents stamps for $7.60. If she bought 20 stamps altogether how many of each does she have?
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Question 647749: A square and a rectangle have the same area. The square's length is x and width is x for the rectangle's length is 2x-3 and width is x-2. What is the numerical value of the rectangle's perimeter?
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