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Question 1062226: I don't know if this is the correct area. The question is as follows: A tutor earns 15 dollars an hour. She wants to make at least 200 dollars. Write an inequality and solve it showing steps. My answer is this inequality-15h >_ 200 the answe I got was 13.33 I don't know if I can have decimals in the answer. If not then my answer is 14. It can't be that simple right. I think I made a mistake. Please help
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Question 1062571: If x% of y is 10, what is y?
I need help with this question, but I have no idea how to solve it,
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Question 1062571: If x% of y is 10, what is y?
I need help with this question, but I have no idea how to solve it,
thx for helping :)
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Question 1062769: 9/5X+ 32 = (X-32) 5/9
Solve for X. It is the temperature that cellius and Fahrenheit Are equal.
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Question 1062769: 9/5X+ 32 = (X-32) 5/9
Solve for X. It is the temperature that cellius and Fahrenheit Are equal.
Show steps.
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Question 1062831: if 260 tons of sugar were shipped on thursday and this was four times as much as was shipped on wednesday, how many tons were shipped on wednesday?

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Question 1062963: Express using positive exponents. Then, if possible simplify.
xy^-9
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Question 1063201: how do you do this compound inequality: 10 1/2 < 2z + 18 1/2?
Thank you so much!

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Question 1063229: How do I graph a Two Variable Quadradic inequality of y less than or equal to (x+5)sqrd +2

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Question 1063505: Bobs big bagels offers prepaid cards and has the special showing Carol has a $50 card and she uses to buy coffee and a bagel each week Diego has $60 card he uses to buy tea and a breakfast sandwich each week Ryan solvent equality to find the number of weeks in which the balance on Carol's car would be greater than the balance on Diego's card
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Question 1063527: Please help me solve: -2x < 6
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Question 1063527: Please help me solve: -2x < 6
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Question 1063551: how do you solve compound inequalities such as 2x-1>5 or 2x+3<17
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Question 1063587: What is an inequality related to < -5 1/4
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Question 1063823: My book didn't show me how to do this but it asks questions like this anyway.
The length of any side of a triangle is less than the sum of the lengths of the other two sides. In triangle[PQR], PR= RQ+4 and RQ<11. Write and solve an inequality for PQ.
Any explanations of steps would be great.
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Question 1063922: 2< 4 � x < 7
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Question 1064007: How do I solve this equation algebraically
Abs((x+2)/4) is greater than or equal to 3
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Question 1064030: What is 2x+9>25 and on a graph
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Question 1063999: Sam bought a new fertilizer spreader for his yard. It has a dial on the handle that adjusts the flow of fertilizer. The dial setting is from 0 to 10. He has learned that if he sets the dial to 10, then one bag of fertilizer will cover only 600 square feet of his yard. The setting varies inversely with the area it will cover. How many square feet should one bag cover if the dial is set at 6?
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Question 1064178: C=1/4f�m for f
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Question 1064181: Solve for s please.
-s/3 ≥ 6
A.s ≥ �2

B.s ≤ �2

C.s ≥ �18

D.s ≤ �18
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Question 1064504: The product of k and 5 is no more than 30

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Question 1064573: For a package to qualify for a certain postage rate, the sum of its length and girth cannot exceed 85 inches. If the girth is 63 inches, how long can the package be?
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Question 1064552: I am not even sure where to start. My problem is 2<=x<10 I am told to create two statements from this,then to solve the two equations to learn the intersection of the two statements. I need to be able to express the answer as an intersection of two statements as well as interval notation.
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Question 1064518: -2y> 1 over 7
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Question 1064687: a truck weighs 28500 lb. the total weight limit for the truck is 64000 lb. what is the maximum load weight the truck can carry?
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Question 1064858: Work shown for 327x76

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Question 1065157: Translate each phrase to mathematical symbols. Let x represent the unknown number.
28 is less than a number
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Question 1065200: I'm stuck trying to prove the following inequality for positive real numbers 'n', where 'e' is a sufficiently small positive real number. Do you have a clue, technique, or reference for me to try?
(sqrt(n*n + e*e) - n) < (n - sqrt(n*n - e*e))
I came across this inequality in the study of limits.
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Question 1065282: If outsourcing were to have a big effect on the personal distribution of income in the United States, how would the distribution change?
The distribution of income would become more ________ and the percentage of total income received by the ________ would ________.
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Question 1065473: What is the inequality and interval of k is less than 5 but no less than -3?

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Question 1065398: A concession stand charges $2.50 for a bag of popcorn. The stand has already sold 30 bags of popcorn. How many more bags xx of popcorn must be sold to earn at least $110? Write your answer as an inequality

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Question 1065628: -11>t+7

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Question 1065726: Solve the following inequalities and express the answers using interval notation:

|14-2x|+5≤7
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Question 1065823: A hotel chain charges $60 each night for the first two nights and $40 for each additional nights stay. The hotel cost function T is a function of the number of nights x that a guest stays. Write the piecewise function T(x) and then calculate T(2), T(3), and T(7).
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Question 1065897: {(1/(a+b+c)}={(1/a+1/b+1/c)}
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Question 1066047: What would me the result of -5y=-3x/-5 -10/-5?
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Question 1066047: What would me the result of -5y=-3x/-5 -10/-5?
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Question 1066062: Y>x+1
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Question 1066115: Simply 3m-2(m+1)
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Question 1066094: write the inequality whose solid boundary line passes through the points (-5,-7) and (5,-3) and where the point (8,4) is not a solution.
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Question 1066173: The width of a rectangular field is 39 feet write an inequality to describe all possible values for the length of the field if the perimeter is at least 220 ft
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Question 1066236: How do I graph a absolute value inequality with the variable coming after a number like this?
y<=|4-x|
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Question 1066446: y is greater than 3x - 5

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Question 1066560: -6x+2y<42

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