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Question 1071550: Please help me solve for x using the quadratic formula. And state whether the roots are real or non-real. X^2+10x+25=0
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Question 1071550: Please help me solve for x using the quadratic formula. And state whether the roots are real or non-real. X^2+10x+25=0
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Question 1072031: 3 11/15 + 4 7/15
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Question 1072102: Gina has 7 cups of apple juice. She uses 1/4 cup of apple juice in each serving of fruit punch. How many servings of punch can Gina make with the apple juice?
Do I just take 7 times 1/4?
Thanks
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Question 1072243: Can someone show me step by step in simple from.how to write a fraction or mixed number as a decimal. 5 7/50. 13/25
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Question 1073435: The sum of two numbers is 40. If two is added to the larger number,the result is equal to twice the smaller number. What are the two numbers? (simultaneous equation)

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Question 1073857: Hi Guys
I'm stuck on that one . can you please help
a coach multiplies the ages of all players in his high school sports team and this comes to 6920550. using your knowledge of prime factorisation, find out how many players are in this team and how many of each age.
Pedro
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Question 1073986: Rory, Leo, and Joey win $362 880 in a lottery. They decide to divide the winnings so
that Rory gets two parts, Leo three parts, and Joey four parts. Exactly how much money
does each person receive?
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Question 1074084: Noah saved 4732 pennies. He gave 2/7 of the pennies in the missionary iffering. How many pennies does he have left? Write the amount that is left using a dollar sign and decimal point.
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Question 1074119:  two welders work total of 60 hours on a project. One welder made $32/h, while the other made $41/h. If the gross earnings was 2172 for the job, how many hours did each welder work?
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Question 1074138: don t know if you can help Im looking for a chart that will give me a break down of measurments from 35 15/16 to 65 15/16 in half for example
52 11/16 = 26 3/8 Im looking for a printable chart can you help or tell me were to look
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Question 1074146: Can someone help me to solve this?
How to write the fraction -2x+34/x^2-2x-15 as the sum of two fractions with different denominators?
Thank you.
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Question 1074172: Ms. James has a 6 square foot bulletin board and a 12 suare foot bulletin board. She wants to cover both bulleting boards with index cards without gaps or overlaps. Each index card has an area of 1/4 sq. foot. How many Index cards does she need?
I am not sure but is the answer 12 divided by 1/4 = 48
and 6 divided by 1/4 = 24 Then I added 48+24=72 index cards.
If you could help kindly I would appreciate it alot
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Question 1074131: Doris uses 8 squares of fabric to make one scarf. Each side of a square piece of fabric uses 1/4 yard in length. Doris can buy large pieces of fabric that are 1/4 yard long and 2 yards wide. How many large pieces of fabric should she buy to make 7 scarves. Show your work.
I tried 8x7=56 1/4 yard pieces then 56x1/4=14 then 14 divided by 2 = 7 large pieces but something doesn't look right. Please help.
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Question 1074359: how do you work out 3/5 of 125
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Question 1074359: how do you work out 3/5 of 125
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Question 1074591: Cecil and three friends ran a 15-mile relay race. Each friend ran an equal distance. WHat distance did each friend run? Show your answer as a fraction or mixed number.
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Question 1074745: Cecil and three friends ran a 15-mile relay race. Each friend ran an equal distance. What distance did each friend run?
Is it 4 divided by 15 = 4/15 or fifteen divided by = 3 3/4 miles.
Please help.
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Question 1074834: How do you solve a three high fraction like a/b/c and 2/1/8?
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Question 1074834: How do you solve a three high fraction like a/b/c and 2/1/8?
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Question 1074844: Good morning maam/sir..kindly help me with the following:
Derive the formula representing the following sums:
1. (1/1.2) + (1/2.3) + (1/3.4) +...+ 1/n.(n+1)
2. (n+1)^2 + (n+2)^2 + (n+3)^2 +...+ (2n)^2
3. 1.n + 2(n-1) + 3(n-2) +...+ (n-2).2 + n.1
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Question 1074889: I'm half way through a problem and can't get past this point. What do I do at this point?
(4-3/y)/8
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Question 1074991: Please help me prove this problem ASAP:
Let A,B be sets. Show that A=B if and only if A is a subset of B and B is a subset of A.
Thanks much!
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Question 1075213: Find the real root of the equation , x�+x-3=0 , using regular falsi method , correct up to four decimal place
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Question 1075463:
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Question 1072848: Stacie is a resident at your medical facility where you work. You are asked to chart the amount of solid food that she consumes. For the noon meal today she ate 1/2 of a 3-ounce serving of meatloaf, 3/4 of her 3-ounce serving of mashed potatoes, and 1/3 of a 2-ounce serving of green beans. How many ounces of solid food did Stacie consume?

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Question 1075937: It is well known that (a/b)+(c/d) is not equivalent to (a+c)/(b+d).
Suppose that a, b, c, and d are all positive. Show that (a+c)/(b+d) is
in fact between the numbers a/b and c/d, while (a/b)+(c/d) is not
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Question 1076386: which fraction is a multiple of 1/2
2/9.....3/2....1/4.... or 1/16
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Question 1076385: ray is painting all rooms in his house.he has completed 9/12 of his painting, he painted the same amount each day for 9 days.what fraction of the house did he paint each day
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Question 1076527: Come up with the area of 15/40 sq in.when multiplied together
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Question 1076527: Come up with the area of 15/40 sq in.when multiplied together
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Question 1076813: Mr. White has 25 students in his physical education class that are on the track team. After school he timed his students on running around the track five times. They had 10 minutes to complete this activity. After the first five minutes 2/5 of the students completed their run around the track. Over the next three minutes 1/3 of the remaining students completed the track run. How many students were still tunning the track during the final 2 minutes?
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Question 1077074: √0.00144*?=0.12
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Question 1077794: Diego had 5 1/3 kilograms of rice. He gave 1 1/6 kg to his friends and 1 1/12 kilograms to his father. How much rice did diego have left? Should i simply the 1 1/6, 1 1/12 and then subtract it to 5 1/3?
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Question 1077958: Every month, luis uses 1/3 of his monthly paycheck to pay his rent and 2/5 of the paycheck dor the has. If his monthly payments is $2400, how much does he have left?
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Question 1078198: What types of number is 1/3 ?
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Question 1078397: Three people are working on one project. The first person is in charge of 1/4 of the project and the second person is in charge of 2/5. How much of the project the third person is in charge of? Thanks.
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Question 1079059: When I solve -(-2)/(2(-1/3)) I get -1/3 but my book and several online calculators all say -3. The only way to get -3 is to not use a reciprocal for the last step but that goes against the rules of division. Which is correct -2/2/3=(-2/2)(1/3) or -2/2/3=(-2/2)(3/1) ?
Aren't I supposed to multiply by the reciprocal when dividing fractions like in -2/2/3?
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Question 1079332: Find the partial fractional decomposition of the rational expression.

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Question 1079334: Find the partial fractional decomposition of the rational expression.

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Question 1079407: by how much is (3/4+1/2+1/3)greater than 1

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