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Question 122479: One number is 12 more than another. the sum of the smaller number and twice the larger number is 39. Find the larger number.
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Question 122562: Which is an equation for the line that contains the points(-2,3)and(2,-1)?
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Question 122643: How would I write the equation of the line with slope 5 and y-intercept (0,-3)?
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Question 122643: How would I write the equation of the line with slope 5 and y-intercept (0,-3)?
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Question 122640: What's the slope and y-intercept of x = -7?
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Question 122677: The difference of two numbers (the second minus the first) is 48. The second is 8 less than 5 times the first, What are the two numbers?
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Question 122678: 2x-4y=7
4x+2y=-1
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Question 122679: Solve by substitution
x-5y=2
2x+3y=17
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Question 122749: I can't seem to get this one:
Which of the ordered pairs
(3,1), (0,-4), (-4,0), (-3,-7)
are solutions for the eqation x-y=4?
A) (-4,0) and (-3,-7)
B) (3,1) and (-4,0)
C) (0,-4),(-4,0), and (-3,-7)
D) (0,-4) and (-3,-7)
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Question 122750: Are the following lines parallel, perpendicular, or neither?
L1 through (-4,-7) and (1,3)
L2 through (2,6) and (4,10)
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Question 122752: Find the slop of any line parallel to the line through points (18,3) and (6,4).
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Question 122753: find the slope and y-intercept of -x-4y=32.
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Question 122778: Write an equation in standard form using only intergers for the line described.
The line with slope -4, going through (-6,0)
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Question 122776: Find the equation of the line through the egiven pair of points in standard form using only intergers.
(5,1) and (-2,7)
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Question 122776: Find the equation of the line through the egiven pair of points in standard form using only intergers.
(5,1) and (-2,7)
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Question 122731: The graph of x-3y=6 is parallel to the graph of which equation?
1) y=-3x+6
2) y=-1/3x+5
3) y=3x-8
4) y=1/3x+8
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Question 122669: Sienna put some money in a certificate of deposit earning 4.2% simple interest. She deposited twice that amount in a money market account paying 4%simple interest.After one year her total interest was $488. How much did Sienna deposit in her money market account?
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Question 122693: A small company produces both standard and deluxe playhouses. The standard playhouses take 12 hours of labor to produce and the deluxe playhouses takes 20 hours. The labor available is limited to 800 hours per week and the total production capacity is 50 items per week. Existing orders require the company to produce at least 10 standard playhouses and 15 deluxe playhouses per week. Write a system of inequalities representing this situation, where x is the number of standard playhouses and y is the number of deluxe playhouses. Then graph the system of inequalities.
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Question 122859: I have an equation of 4x=36 I looked at other examples of how to do it but I dont seem to understand how to figure it out, v/3 = -11 this is another one as well this is on a worksheet not a textbook
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Question 122909:
at maximum speed, an airplane traves 2700 miles against the wind in 6 hours. Flying with the wind, the plane can travel the same distance in 5 hours.
Let x be the maximum speed of the plane and y be the speed of the wind. What is the speed of the plane with no wind?
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Question 122884: 5x+4y=100
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Question 123006: 3 2
Given f(x) = �x � 2x + 3x � 9, find f(�2), f(0), and f(1). I have been trying to work this out but do not know if I am working it correctly. Thanks
( Idid not know how to post it correctly but the three is supposed to be above the x and the 2 is supposed to be above the the y)
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Question 123025: find the point of intersection of each pair of straight lines

y=2/3x-4 and x+3y+3=0
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Question 123021: find the point of intersection of eaach pair of straight lines.
2x-3y=6 and 3x+6y=16
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Question 123054: Translate the following statement into an algebraic equation. Let x represent the number.
1 more than a number is 7
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Question 123052: The base of an isosceles triangle is 12in, less than the length of the equal sides. If the perimeter of the triangle is 39in., find the length of each of the sides.
Answer 17 for each side and 5 for the base. Please explain.
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Question 123059: Find the slope of the line passing through the points (-3,3)and (-3,-3)
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Question 123059: Find the slope of the line passing through the points (-3,3)and (-3,-3)
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Question 123028: find tehh break-even point for the firm whose cost function C and revenue function R are given
C(x)=15x+12,000; R(x)=21x
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Question 123057: Ching leaves San Fransisco and travels toward Los Angeles at 50mi/h. An hour later, Phil leaves Los Angeles and travels toward San Francisco at 60mi/h. If the two cities are 380 miles apart, how many hours will it take for Ching to meet Phil?
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Question 123080: Find the mean.
-9,-7,3,5,6,20
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Question 123080: Find the mean.
-9,-7,3,5,6,20
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Question 123081: Write an expression that is equivalent to the following expressions
(10*5)*20 (associative of multiplication)
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Question 123081: Write an expression that is equivalent to the following expressions
(10*5)*20 (associative of multiplication)
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Question 122998: y = �3x
4x + y = 2

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Question 123154: A string is stretched corner to corer on a floor tiled with square tiles. If the floor is 28 tiles long and 35 tiles wide, over how many tiles does the string cover?
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Question 123153: Hi,
Here is the question: The points graphed on the grid below satisfy which of the following equations?
(0,1), (-1,0), (-2,-1)
the possible solutions are:
x-y=1
x-y=-1
2y-x=0
x=0
y=0
I totally don't remember how to do this, can you help?
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Question 123193: Hi May I have some help solving this problem?
Find a point on the y-axis that is equidistant from the points (8, -8) and (2, 2).
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Question 123273: Please help . Find the equation of the line perpendicular to x+2y =3 that passes through the point (-3,4) answer should be in slope intercept form.
Thank you
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Question 123292: Write an equation of the line that passes through the given point and has the given slope m. (5,1);m=2
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Question 123292: Write an equation of the line that passes through the given point and has the given slope m. (5,1);m=2
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Question 123303: write an equation in point slope form of the line that passes through the given point and has the given slope
(2,5), m=3
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Question 123303: write an equation in point slope form of the line that passes through the given point and has the given slope
(2,5), m=3
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Question 123306: write an equation in slope intercept form of the line that passes throught the points
(-5,9),(-2,0)
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