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Question 33602: Let y vary inversely as x. If x = 2.6hen y = 5, what is y when x = 3.25
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Question 33604: the lenghts of the legs of a right triangle are 7 and 24. Find the lenght of the hypotenuse
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Question 33606: Add The square root of 54 and the square root of 24
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Question 33636: This is the problem that I need help with:I have multiple choice answers to choose from but I cannot even find any problems in our book like this (I'm working on a take home quiz
5x(x here is squared)+12=0
Can you tell me how to type in equations such as squared, fractions, the radical symbol, etc? How do we do this? I'm new to this site.
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Question 30933: Find the length x in each triangle. Express your answer in simplified radical form.
Around the triangle the numbers are 10, x, & 8.
thank you.
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Question 33603: Locate 10 between consecutive perfect-square integers
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Question 33868: B= The square Root of hw divided by 3131. H= 74 W= 225.
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Question 33922: Simplify the radical. Assume that all variables represent positive real numbers.

√6a +5√150a -4√216a
A) 2√372a
B) 1√372a
C) 2√6a
D) 1√6a
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Question 34024: what is the the 5th root of 32?
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Question 34024: what is the the 5th root of 32?
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Question 34193: sqrt(54x^8)
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Question 34227: f(x)=thesquarerootof2x-7dividedbythesquareroot1-x?whatisthedomain
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Question 34135: 9.1^(5/4)/9.1^(4/5)
It says to solve. I'm pretty sure you put it in the square root form but then I just get stuck after I do that because it's a decimal.
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Question 34274: square root of 6(square root of 10 + square root of 15)
I am trying to re-learn algebra to help my daughter. I haven't done this in 23 years. Please show me the steps to doing this so I can try to explain it to her.
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Question 34318:
How do I begin to work problems like these? _ _ _ (4�p + �7)(�p - 9) I'm confused as to what to do with the number on the outside of the radical that is not the index number.

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Question 34277: what is the answer to this question?
radical sign 3y+3 over 2 minus 3 radical sign 2x-2 over 3
not from textbook.
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Question 34383: A rectangle is 5 times as long as it is wide. The area of the rectangle is . How wide is the rectangle? Express your answer in simplified form.
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Question 34411: 1) Use the arithmetic sequence of numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, 9,�to find the following:
a) What is d, the difference between any 2 terms?
b) Using the formula for the nth term of an arithmetic sequence, what is 101st term?
c) Using the formula for the sum of an arithmetic series, what is the sum of the first 20 terms?
d) Using the formula for the sum of an arithmetic series, what is the sum of the first 30 terms?
e) What observation can you make about these sums of this series (HINT: They tell me it would be beneficial to find a few more sums like the sum of the first 2, then the first 3, etc.)? Help, Help, Help Please?

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Question 34410: Use the geometric sequence of numbers 1, 2, 4, 8,�to find the following:
1. What is r, the ratio between 2 consecutive terms?

2. Using the formula for the nth term of a geometric sequence, what is the 24th term?
3. Using the formula for the sum of a geometric series, what is the sum of the first 10 terms?

All help is greatly appreicated!!!!!!!
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Question 34412: The linear function is an arithmetic sequence. The exponential function is related to the geometric sequence. Give at least two real-life examples of a sequences or series. One example should be arithmetic, and the second should be geometric. Explain how these examples would affect you personally.
Can someone please help me with this question(s). Maybe the example could apply to me on a job. I need help, please?
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Question 34404: Help! I don't understand how to answer 4 over the square root 3, and -1 over the square root 12?
Please show acurate steps.

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Question 34533: I have no idea on how to start this problem: -25^-3/2
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Question 34247: Solve by completing the square:
x^2 + 6x - 8 = 0

Solve by using the quadratic formula:
z^2 -6z -14 = 0

Solve:
x^2 + 2x - 8
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Question 34650: simplify/reduce
2/radical 3 then + 4
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Question 34645: please help
what is 6 radical 20 - 2 radical45
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Question 34644: please help
what is 16/4 radical 5
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Question 34643: what is the cubed root of 54x^8
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Question 34685: Multiply and simplify.

(2 sqaure root of 5)sqaured
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Question 34648: please help
simplify/reduce
(4-2radical3)^2
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Question 34813: (2sqrt5)(3 sqrt15)
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Question 34849: I am really stumped on this one. okay its
[12sqrt20]/4[sqrt3]
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Question 34856: Please help me solve this radical equation. I have tried different things but just can't figure out how they got their answer.

sqrrt of 3x+1=sqrrt of x The x on both sides throws me off.
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Question 34790: okay i dont know how to do the whole typy in htingy but it says
"the square root of x+2 = the square root of 3x-6 so is it 4?
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Question 34794: the sqaure root of 2x+5 = the sqaure root of 3x+1
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Question 34793: the square root of 5x+11=the sqaure root of 7x-1
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Question 34978: I don't know to solve radicals.How do you?
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Question 35007: write this equation using a single radical sign.

(1) x^2/3x^5
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Question 35043: Please help:
Rationalize the denomenator:

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Question 35038: find the square root of 12.
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Question 35167: 2(x-9)2=98 The 2 after the (x-9) is suppose to be to the 2nd power
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Question 35044: Please help me solve:

sqrt*(x) = sqrt*(x - 2) - 4
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Question 35227: I would like someone's help to simplify the following problem
Y^2(x^-3 y^-2)^-3
Thanks
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Question 35234: I need help to solve X in
square root x+7 equals x+1
thanks
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