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Question 459795: I keep getting 9 and 5/12
Stan drove 3 1/2 miles from home to work. He decided to go out for lunch and drove 1 3/4 miles each way to the local delicatessen. After work, he drove 1/2 mile to stop at the cleaners and then drove 3 2/3 miles home. How many miles did he drive in total?
the book is saying its 11 1/6
Thanks.
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Question 461698: I am not sure if I selected the right topic, but here is my question:
8/w+8 + 5/3w
I was thinking the LCD was 3(w+8). And came up with the answer
64/3(w+8) But I don't have a good feeling about this. Help please!
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Question 461732: How would you sketch the fraction 12/8?
In the problem we are asked to visually show through a drawing how the fractions 2/3 and 12/8 are equal. Please Help!
I would greatly appreciate it!!! Some of the problems show a context that we could use for our drawings. For example one had Popsicle sticks, marbles, and for this problem we have to make one of our own. I already sketched 2/3 using flowers as the context.
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Question 461732: How would you sketch the fraction 12/8?
In the problem we are asked to visually show through a drawing how the fractions 2/3 and 12/8 are equal. Please Help!
I would greatly appreciate it!!! Some of the problems show a context that we could use for our drawings. For example one had Popsicle sticks, marbles, and for this problem we have to make one of our own. I already sketched 2/3 using flowers as the context.
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Question 462122: Emergency!! Can someone Please help me!!
A metal stays at Fahrenheit temperature below 1650.1 degrees. Determine ( in terms of an inequality) those Celsius temperatures for which the metal stays solid. Use the formula F=9/5C+32. The solution set is {C|C<___}. (Round to the nearest tenth.)
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Question 462802: Notice that the sequence 1, ½, 1/3, ¼, ¼…., whose nth term is 1/n, is a decreasing sequence. Explain how to use this fact to determine if the following sequences are increasing or decreasing:
A. 2, 1 1/2, 1 1/3, 1 1/4, 1 1/5,…, 1 1/n
B. ½, 2/3, ¾, 4/5,…, n/n +1 (Hint: 2/3=1-1/3, ¾=1-1/4)
C. 1, ½^2, 1/3^2, ¼^2, 1/5^2,…,1/n^2
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Question 464402: How do I express length in feet using mixed fractions, and improper fractions, and a decimal. " a construction worker is using 2 pieces of pipe to form an L-joint for a section of piping that connects a water source to a showerhead. Pipe 1 is 6'4" and Pipe 2 is 8'1". Use this information to answer the following questions.
Express the length of each pipe in feet using mixed fractions.
Express the length of each pipe in feet using improper fractions. Using improper fractions find the length of the L-joint by adding together the lengths of the pipes.
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Question 466332: Hi, I recently moved to the US, from Ireland. I completed a two year course in construction Technology (at the Institute of Technology Limerick) in 1983-85. I have started college again here. They won’t recognize my previous course and want me to do an Accuplacer test! I have taken English literature and anthropology, at Brookdale and received straight A’s on every assignment! most of the Accuplacer I can do in my sleep however, it is over twenty five years since I did Algebra, any ideas where I can brush up on this for the test?
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Question 467585: if a wheel rotated 765 revolutions at 72 1/4 revolutions per minute, how many minutes did the wheel rotate? answer in mixed numbers or proper fraction.
thank you! joe
i came up with 10 170/289 minutes but it appears to be something wrong.
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Question 467585: if a wheel rotated 765 revolutions at 72 1/4 revolutions per minute, how many minutes did the wheel rotate? answer in mixed numbers or proper fraction.
thank you! joe
i came up with 10 170/289 minutes but it appears to be something wrong.
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Question 468004: Can someone please help me with this question?
In 1994, the life expectancy of males in a certain country was 64.9 years.
In 2000, it was 67.7 years. Let E represent the life expectancy in year t
and let t represent the number of years since 1994.
E(t)=____t+
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