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Question 193673: How many yards of material from a 24-yard length of cloth remain after 3 each 3 1/2 yards long, and 5 pieces each 2 1/4 yards long are removed?
sol:Total length of the cloth=24 yards
the length of the cloth after removing 3 pieces of length 31/2 yards=24-(3*3.5)
(i.e 1/2=0.5,3 1/2=3+0.5=3.5)
=24-10.5
=24.0-10.5=13.5
now the length of the cloth=13.5 yards
again the length of the cloth after removing 5 pieces of length 2 1/4 yards=13.5-(5*2.25)
(i.e;1/4=0.25,2 1/4=2+.25=2.25)
=13.5-11.25
=13.50-11.25
=2.25 yards
the length of the remaining cloth=2.25 yard
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Question 194976: Using each number only once, complete the first and second fraction to make a true sentence. (1, 3, 9, 10)
__ / __ (+ or -) __ / __ = 23/20
This is a problem my daughter has to complete for her math homework. I have tried it every way and am stumped!
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Question 195077: Three tired and hungry men went to sleep with a bag of apples.
One man awoke, ate (1/3) of the apples, and then went back to
sleep. Later a second man awoke, and ate (1/3) of the
remaining apples, and then went back to sleep. Finally, the third
man awoke and ate (1/3) of the remaining apples. When he
finished there were 8 apples left in the bag. How many apples
were there originally?
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Question 196330: Hello,
I am not really sure where to put this question...what topic it would fall under...
Here is my problem:
-3 1/2x + 2 3/4 + 1/2x = 3 7/8
I tried several ways to solve this but I could not come up with the correct answer... and I am not sure if I am approaching the problem correctly.
This is from an algebra one course...
Thank you very much,
Diane M.
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Question 196330: Hello,
I am not really sure where to put this question...what topic it would fall under...
Here is my problem:
-3 1/2x + 2 3/4 + 1/2x = 3 7/8
I tried several ways to solve this but I could not come up with the correct answer... and I am not sure if I am approaching the problem correctly.
This is from an algebra one course...
Thank you very much,
Diane M.
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Question 197816: 2 5/2- 2 3/2=
I believe the answer should be one and so does your site, but on a college level entrance exam it is telling me the answer is 2 3/2. It is a fraction problem. I basically just
9/2-7/2
after converting them
2/2=1?
Please any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
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Question 199198: I didnt know what to put this under; I should use "synthetic division" to divide x^4+4x^3+6x^2+4x+1 by x+1, however, I dont understand why the answer is x^3+3x^2+3x+1/x+1, could someone explain this to me?
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Question 199258: Could someone explain how I should solve these three problems;
Use the synthetic substitution to find the value of f(-2) for f(x)=x^3-3x^2-x-9.
Use the Factor Theorem to determine whether (x-3) is a factor of f(x)=x^4+12x^3+6x+27.
In x^3-4x^2+2x+1=0, how many possible positive and how many possible negative roots are there?
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Question 199282: Which one of the following is true:
a) 1/2 < 1/3 b) 12/25 < 11/21 c) 7/12 > 8/13 d) 15/18 > 21/24
Of the following, which quadratic equation has roots 5 and 2?
a) X^2 - 3x-10=0 b) X^2-3x+10=0 c) X^2-7x+10=0 d) X^2+7X-10=0
If a=5t and b=2t, then a=
a) 2b/5 b)5b/2 c) 10b d) 25b
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Question 199482: I guess algebra just really isnt my strongest point, could someone help me here,
I totally didnt understand this one; If y varies directly as x and inversely as z^2, and y= 3 when x=2 and z=4, what is the value of x when y=9 and z=4?
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Question 199485: I tried this problem by myself but not sure if I got it right, and have the feeling that I dont;
If x varies as y and x=2 when y=8, find x when y=17;
so y=k/x 8=k/2 k=16 y=16/x y=17 so 17=16/x x=16/17
I know I am a mess when it comes to algebra.....
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Question 199509: There is a circle divided into 3 parts, one part is 3/4, one part is 1/3 and we are asked to find what the remaining fractional part would be. I know how to add and subtract fractions, but I am unclear as to add or subtract these two numbers to get my answer.
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Question 200314: If I were to roll 2 six-sided dice, what is the probability that the sum of the 2 dice will be exactly 8? What is the probability that the sum will be 10 or more? Feel free to write out a table to help determine all possible conclusions. Could you please show me the steps on how to find this answer. Thank you.
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Question 201020: During a recent survey of 2 classes, 1/3 of the students bring their lunch to school, 1/4 buy their lunch, and 1/6 go home. The remaining 18 students don't eat lunch. How many students are in the 2 classes?
My niece answered 116. Please verify if this correct, so I can double check our work, it has been several since my Algebra days. Thanks, Cindy
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Question 202758: hello,
This is the problem, 9-2m/7=19
I minused 9 from both sides and got -2m/7=10 I am trying to isolate m so I did the inverse of 2m/7 and got m-10
when I tried to check the answer I did not got the same number. Where did I go wrong?
Thank you for your assistance.
Kathy
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