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Question 97497: In 1997, Yiannia Kouros of austrlia set the record for the greatest distance run in 24 hour by running 188 miles. After 8 hours he was approximately twice as far from the finish line as he was from the start. How far had he run?
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Question 97669: The lenght of a rectangle is three times its with. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 60, write an wquation to find the dimentions of the rectangle
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Question 97729: what is the average arithmetic of 8,7,7,5,3,2 and 2
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Question 97545: In April 2004, Dan Wheldon won the Indy Japan 300 with a time of 1:49:48.2611 for the 300 mile race. At one point, Weldon was 80 miles closer to the finish than the start. How far had Wheldon traveled at that point?
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Question 97820: erick's bank contains 66 quarters and dimes, of which Q are quarters. Find the total value of coins in dollars. He has $13.80
answer with steps?
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Question 97895: A cyclist traveled at a rate of 24 mph to visit a nearby town. The cyclist averaged 18 mph on the return trip. If the round trip took 4.9 hours, find the distance to the nearby town.
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Question 98005: Dick and Barbara moved to Ipswich and purchased a home. They paid $ 1856 per year to insure their two cars. Dick said it cost $ 385 more per year to insure his car than it did to insure Barbaras car. How much did it cost to insure Dicks car and how much to insure Barbaras car?
Can you tell me if I set this up correctly? x + 385 = y
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Question 98326: How much of an alloy that is 30% copper should be mixed with 200 ounces of an alloy that is 90% copper in order to get an alloy that is 70% copper?
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Question 98828: the smaller of two numbers is 10 less than 4times the greater number.the greater number is 19 more than the smaller.find the two numbers.
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Question 98895: If the difference of a number and four is doubled, the result is 1/4 less than the number. Find the number.
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Question 98895: If the difference of a number and four is doubled, the result is 1/4 less than the number. Find the number.
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Question 99076: I am thinking of three consecutive positive numbers. If i multiply the first with the third and then add the second, the result is 41. Let x be the smallest number.
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Question 99592: Four friends are playing poker. At the end of the night the total pot won equals $223. Melvin has $20 more than Bob, $50 more than John, and $71 more than Ray. How much does each have? We are trying to solve this problem at work and nobody can figure it out!
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Question 99755: This problem was on a pre-employment exam.
If 6 men can do a piece of work in 14 days, how many men are needed to do the work in 21 days?
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Question 99755: This problem was on a pre-employment exam.
If 6 men can do a piece of work in 14 days, how many men are needed to do the work in 21 days?
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Question 99981: A farmer grows wheat, corn and barley. If 1/4 of the land is planted with wheat, 2/3 is planted with corn and 50 acres are planted with barley, how many acres have been planted?
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Question 99998: The sum of both digits, of either of two two-digit numbers, in whatever order the digits are written, is 9. The square of either of the digits of either number, minus the product of both digits, plus the square of the other digit is the number 21. What are the numbers?
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Question 100248: The sum of two numbers equal 14 and the difference is 6
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Question 100248: The sum of two numbers equal 14 and the difference is 6
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Question 100315: Sue paints a room at the rate of 1/10 room per hour, and Kelly paints the same room at the rate of 1/8 room per hour. How long will it take them to paint the room together?
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Question 100321: Erynn walked at a constant rate for 2 hours and bicycled at three times that rate for 1/3 hours. She traveled 12km in all. What was her walking rate?

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Question 100914: John walks the 15 meters from the front door of his house to his moped at
a constant rate of speed. Having forgotten to lock the front door, he runs the 15 meters
back to the front door along the same path. His speed running is 2 m/sec faster than
his speed walking. If the total time to walk to the car and run back to the door was 8
seconds, what was John�s walking speed?

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Question 100942: 42 students went to youth camp, 56 students went to family camp, 15 went to both camps,how many students went to camp?
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Question 73243: i have algebra with trigononmetry. my book is called Algebra and trigonometry structure and method, book 2 by Mcdougal Littell.the section is on how to translate word phrases into algebraic expressions and word sentences int equations. the directions say to express each answer in simplest form in terms of the given varialbe.the problem i need help on is this one : " the length of,width,and height of a rectangular box are consecutive intergers, and the largest dimension is k cm. find the volume V of the box. ( hint V= lwh )"
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Question 101129: A rectangle is drawn on a coordinate plane so that three vertices are located at these coordinates: (-5, 2), (5, 2), and (-5, -3) What are the coordinates of the fourth vertex of the rectangle?
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Question 101806: Translate "the sum of six and twice a number is one less than the number" in an equation and solve.
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Question 102137: FIND FOUR CONSECUTIVE INTEGERS SUCH THAT THE SUM OF THE SECOND AND FOURTH IS 132
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Question 102137: FIND FOUR CONSECUTIVE INTEGERS SUCH THAT THE SUM OF THE SECOND AND FOURTH IS 132
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Question 102170: The length of the rectangle garden is 3yd more than twice its width. The perimeter of the garden is 63 yd. What are the width and length of the garden?
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Question 102171: The sum of two consecutive odd integers is 56.
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Question 102177: The sum of two consecutive even integers is -298. What are the integers?
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Question 102173: The sum of three consecutive integers is 915. What are the integers?
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Question 102169: The width of a rectangular is one half its length. The perimeter of the rectangle is 54 cm. What are the width and length of the rectangle?
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Question 102172: The sum of two consecutive even integers is 118.
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Question 102176: The sum of two consecutive even integers is -298. What are the integers?
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Question 102298: Define a variable, then write an eguation. Do not solve. For six consecutive weeks, Connie lost the same amount of weight. Six weeks ago she weighed 145 pounds. She now weighs 125 pounds. How many pounds did Connie loose each week?
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Question 102357: Two airplanes depart from an airport traveling in opposite
directions.The second airplane is 200 miles per hour faster than the first. After
2 hours they are 1100 miles apart. Find the speeds of the airplanes.
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Question 102358: Two boats leave a ramp traveling in opposite directions.The second boat is
10 miles per hour faster than the first. After 3 hours they are 150 miles apart.
Find the speeds of the boats.
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Question 102353: Which of the following numbers is not the sum of three
consecutive integers?
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Question 102349: A moving van leaves a house traveling at an average rate of 35 mi/h.The family
leaves the house hour later following the same route in a car.They travel at
an average rate of 50 mi/h. How long after the moving van leaves the house will
the car catch up with the van?
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Question 102581: I am terrible at word problems. Please show me the formula to solve this question:
What is the exact height of a brick wall that is 44 courses high, when three courses of brick, plus their mortor joints are 8 inches (203.3 mm) high?
Thank you!
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Question 103010: Two cars are 500 miles apart. Both start at the same time and travel toward one another. They meet 5 hours later. If the speed of one car is 20 mph faster than the other, what is the speed of each car? Must show work.
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Question 103051: WRITE THE EQUATION THAT REPRESENTS EACH STATEMENT;
WHEN A NUMBER N IS DIVIDED BY SEVEN THE RESULT IS NEGATIVE TWO
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Question 103313: The larger of two numbers is 1 less the 3 times the smaller. The sum is 63. Find the numbers
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