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Question 948092: The sum of three numbers is 26. Twice the first minus the second is 2 less than the third. The third is the second minus three times the first. Find the numbers and solve.
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Question 948189: the sum of two consecutive integers is 31

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Question 948779: the sum of two numbers is thirty. Three times the smaller number is twice the larger number. find the two numbers.
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Question 948779: the sum of two numbers is thirty. Three times the smaller number is twice the larger number. find the two numbers.
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Question 943094: Two records and three tapes cost $31. Three records and two tapes cost $29. Find the cost of each record and each tape.

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Question 918809: Sue received 20 ore than twice as many votes as Michael. 3,794 votes were cast. How many did each candidate get?

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Question 943116: difference of two numbers is 62, the sum of twice the larer and three times the smaller is 304. find the two numbers
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Question 939573: 7 more than twice Chrissy's score
Use the variable c to represent Chrissy's score
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Question 949214: i need to write an equation for the word problem:
To estimate the number of people in Springfield, population 10,000, who have a swimming pool in their backyard, 250 people were interviewed. Of those polled, 89 had a swimming pool. How many people in the city might one expect to have a swimming pool? (Round to the nearest whole number, if necessary.)
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Question 949587: If the square of a positive number is increased by the number, the result is 12. What is the number ?
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Question 949587: If the square of a positive number is increased by the number, the result is 12. What is the number ?
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Question 950566: lola bought a blouse and a skirt from the store. if the blouse cost $17 less than the skirt and the total cost was $72, how much did the skirt cost?
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Question 950847: On Tuesday Molly bought ten cds. On Wednesday half of all the cds that she had were destroyed. On Thursday there were only 22 left. How many did she have on Monday?

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Question 951690: the sum of a number times 7 and 3 equals 2
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Question 951690: the sum of a number times 7 and 3 equals 2
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Question 952210: The perimeter of a square with a side of x+3
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Question 952908: the simple interest on sum of money invested for 6 months at 6% per annum is $1680.00.determine the amounth of money invested.

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Question 953639: the sum of three times the smaller number and the larger number is 47, what's the equation?

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Question 953812: A person's job us to inspect hand-painted glassware before pieces are packed for shipping. At the start of the work shift, there are 18 glass ready for inspection. The person can inspect 6 glasses every hour. If throughout work day, 4 additional classes become ready for inspection each hour, create an equestion that represents the number of glasses (g) that are waiting for inspection after h hours of the person's shift?
I came up with g=18+4h/6h but answer is g=2(9-h).
How is that the answer?
I am studying for my teaching license and struggling with math. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
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Question 950708: 4 plus 2 times a number is 4 times the number. what is the number?
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Question 949156: what is an algebraic expression for the quotient of 8 and the difference of x and m
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Question 954620: Mary buys four Snickers and three bags of Skittles. If she buys three Snickers and four bags of Skittles she will pay 12 cents more. What is the difference in price between a Snickers and a bag of Skittles?
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Question 943381: the difference between the product of 4 and a number and twice the number
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Question 943933: three times the difference of a number and seven is one less than twice the number. find the number
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Question 932314: eight less than the quotient of a number and 25

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Question 931997: write an algebraic expression using x as the variable: 5 more than 9 times a number

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Question 954809: the width of a rectangle is fixed at 3cm. determine those lengths for which the area will be less than 75cm^2
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Question 956474: A restaurant was selling the weekend special for $5.90. This left $3.85 per sandwich. To reach $400 selling the week special, how many sandwiches does the restaurant need to sell?
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Question 956593: Two towns are 50km apart. Tom starts from town A and travels 50km/h towards town B. Clarrie starts from town B at the same time that Tom started, and travels at 40k/h towards town A. After how many minutes do they meet?
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Question 957145: what is pi x 34 diameter
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Question 957766: The sum of the length and width of a rectangle is 19 inches. The length is one less than twice the width.
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Question 957767: The perimeter of a rectangle is 48 inches. The width of the rectangle is 2 more than half the length
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Question 958811: Lydia has money in two savings accounts. One rate is 5% and the other is 10%. If she has $350 more in the 10% account and the total interest is $347, how much is invested in each savings account?
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Question 958945: Given rt cone height (h) of 12 and radius (r) of 6 find formula for volume in cone as a function of height. v(h). Volume is 144pi therefore v(h) should be 144pi minus 1/3pi(6-r)squared times (12-h).
Having trouble with the algebra working out. Answer is pi/12 times h cubed but cant seem to get there.
Thanks!
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Question 959075: Mary bought a roll of tape 450cm long she cut it into an equal number of 4cm and 5cm strips how many 4cm strips did she get?
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Question 959270: Ax+b=c for x
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Question 959270: Ax+b=c for x
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Question 959405: The sum of the area, A, times 5 and 9 is 11 subtracted from twice the area, A
I need help! How to rewrite this no solve!

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Question 960507: please translate and simplify the expression: the sum of fifteen and a number plus twelve
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Question 953410: the sum of three numbers is 68. the largest is 6 less than twice the smallest, and the middle number is 10 less than the largest. find the three numbers.
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Question 916347: I�m thinking of a number. This number is 12 less than its square- What could my number be?
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Question 961168: Translate this sentence into an equation.
42 is the sum of 11 and Rhonda's age.
Use the variable r to represent Rhonda's age.
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Question 961169: A box is filled with 6 red cards, 3 brown cards, and 3 green cards.
A card is chosen at random from the box. What is the probability that it is a red or a green card?
Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

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Question 961180: Soo bought 6 CDs that were each the same price. Including sales tax, she paid a total of $71.40.
Each CD had a tax of $1.10.
What was the price of each CD before tax?
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