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Question 167952: . Avoiding a collision. A car is traveling on a road that is perpendicular to a railroad track. When the car is 30 meters from the crossing, the car’s new collision detector warns the driver that there is a train 50 meters from the car and heading toward the same crossing. How far is the train from the crossing?
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Question 167953: Winter wheat. While finding the amount of seed needed to plant his three square wheat fields, Hank observed that the side of one field was 1 kilometer longer than the side of the smallest field and that the side of the largest field was 3 kilometers longer than the side of the smallest field. If the total area of the three fields is 38 square kilometers, then what is the area of each field?
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Question 168340: Amount of an investment. The amount of an investment
of P dollars for t years at simple interest rate r is given by
A = P + Prt.
a) Rewrite this formula by factoring out the greatest
common factor on the right-hand side.
b) Find A if $8300 is invested for 3 years at a simple
interest rate of 15%.
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Question 168339: Area of a painting. A rectangular painting with a width of
x centimeters has an area of x2 + 50x square centimeters.
Find a binomial that represents the length. See the accompanying
figure.
200
100
Surface area (in.^2) 0
1 2 3
Radius (inches)
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Question 168341: Demand for pools. Tropical Pools sells an aboveground
model for p dollars each. The monthly revenue for this
model is given by the formula
R(p)= -0.08p2 + 300p.
Revenue is the product of the price p and the demand
(quantity sold).
a) Factor out the price on the right-hand side of the
formula.
b) Write a formula D(p) for the monthly demand.
c) Find D(3000).
d) Use the accompanying graph to estimate the price at
which the revenue is maximized. Approximately how
many pools will be sold monthly at this price?
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Question 168569: Hello,
I have solved this question and compared to another student, and we had different answeres. I've done it again, and got the same answer as before. Could you please confirm that it is correct, or help me solve it corectly? Thank you in advance.
[(12x^3)/5)] / [(4x^2)/(10(y+3)]
= [(12x^3)/5y] x [(10(y+3))/(4x^2)]
= [(12x^3)/5y] x [(10y+30)/(4x^2)]
= [3x(10y+30)] / 5y
= [(30xy+90x)] / 5y
= [(6xy+18x)] / y
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Question 169675: 82. Driving marathon. Felix drove 800 miles in x hours on
Monday.
a) Write a rational expression for his average speed.
b) On Tuesday he drove for 6 hours at the same average
speed. Write a rational expression for his distance on
Tuesday.
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Question 169681: Commuting students. At a well-known university, 1/4 of the undergraduate students commute, and 1/3 of the graduate students commute. One-tenth of the undergraduate students drive more than 40 miles daily, and 1/6 of the graduate
students drive more than 40 miles daily. If there are twice
as many undergraduate students as there are graduate
students, then what fraction of the commuters drive more
than 40 miles daily?
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Question 169676: Barn painting. Melanie can paint a certain barn by herself
in x days. Her helper Melissa can paint the same barn by
herself in 2x days. Write a rational expression for the fraction
of the barn that they complete in one day by working
together. Evaluate the expression for x = 5.
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Question 169677: Barn painting. Melanie can paint a certain barn by herself
in x days. Her helper Melissa can paint the same barn by
herself in 2x days. Write a rational expression for the fraction
of the barn that they complete in one day by working
together. Evaluate the expression for x = 5.
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Question 169531: comparing fractions using a number line 9/10, 1/4, -5/9, 8/10
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-5/9 is furthest to the left on the number line.
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1/4 is to the left of 8/10 which is to the left of 9/10
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Question 170026: Toxic pollutants. The annual cost in dollars for removing
p% of the toxic chemicals from a town’s water supply is
given by the formula
C(p) = 500,00/ 100-p
.
a) Use the accompanying graph to estimate the cost for
removing 90% and 95% of the toxic chemicals.
b) Use the formula to find C(99.5) and C(99.9).
c) What happens to the cost as the percentage of
pollutants removed approaches 100%?
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Question 170023: Driving marathon. Felix drove 800 miles in x hours on
Monday.
a) Write a rational expression for his average speed.
b) On Tuesday he drove for 6 hours at the same average
speed. Write a rational expression for his distance on
Tuesday.
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