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Question 860941: Mack's tee shirt shack sold 36 shirts one day. All shorts-sleeved tee shirts cost $12 each and all long sleeved tee shirts cost $18 each. Total receipts for the day were $522. How many of each kind of shirt were sold?
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Question 861065: System of equations.
How do I solve this:
2x+4y+z=-3
3x-4y-z=-22
2x+y+2z=-3
I tried with 1 and 2 eliminating y and Z, but got stuck on how to find y and z.
Thank you much!

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Question 851829: x+4y=3
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Question 835024: 15x - 9y = 0
2x + 3y = 21

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Question 851352: IMG_0690.JPG
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Question 844772: x=y+2
2y=x-1

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Question 854961: The sum of a number and 17 is equal to twice the number. Find the number
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Question 843728: Which is a nonlinear function y=x+8 or y= -x/5 or y= 7/x+8
Please help thank you.

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Question 862908: You will purchase some CDs and DVDs. If you purchase 11 CDs and 9 DVDs, it will cost you $85.35; if you purchase 9 CDs and 11 DVDs, it will cost you $95.65. Solve for how much a CD and a DVD cost.
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Question 863969: A total of $16,000 is invested in two individual retire-ment accounts paying 5% and 6% annual interest. The combined annual interest earned is $860. How much of the $16,000 is invested in each account? (Hint: you will need to use the formula I = prt; design one equation for the amount invested in each fund and another for the interest earned.
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Question 864208: 3x-4y=2
-2x+6y=-18

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Question 865921: 1) 3/5a = -21
2) -x/9 = 3

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Question 865942: solve. find the value of x and check.
1) 3x-9=-13
2)a+7/3=4

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Question 865951: solve. find the value of b and check.
1) 1/6(18b-12)=4b-9

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Question 866293: Solve this system of equations:
y=x^2-2x-1
y=-x^2+4x-1

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Question 866794: A bobcat population is classified by age into kittens (less than 1 year old) and adults (at least 1 year old). All adult females, including those born the prior year, have a litter each June, with an average litter size of 3 kittens. The springtime population of bobcats in a certain area is estimated to be 4,500, and the male-female ratio is one. Estimate the number of adults and kittens in the population.
adults
kittens

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Question 866877: A silversmith has two alloys, one containing 50% silver and the other 40% silver. How much of each should be melted and combined to obtain 700 grams of an alloy containing 46% silver?
40% silver alloy g
50% silver alloy g

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Question 867108: George had a bottle filled with juice. He drank 1/5 of the juice in the bottle. An hour later, he drank 2 cups from what was left in the bottle. Two hours later, he drank 1/3 of the remaining juice in the bottle. Three hours later, George drank 2 1/2 cups of juice. Before going to bed, he drank 1/2 of what was left. George then measured the amount of juice left and found that there was still 3/4 of a cup of juice in the bottle. How much juice was originally in the bottle?
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Question 867200: The sum of two angles is 92∘. Angle 2 is 123∘ smaller than 4 times angle 1.
What are the measures of the two angles in degrees?

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Question 867472: please show me how you got this answer.
1) x^2+5x+6/x+3
2) a^2+2a-8/a-2
3) m^2-4/m+2
thank you!

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Question 867540: Solve the following systems
a) y + 3 = 2x
b) x^2 + 2xy = 1
Can you please help me out? Thanks so much in advance:)

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Question 868365: Solve by following systems by substitution
X+2y=1
X=y-5

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Question 868380: how many solutions are for y + 3x = 2 and 2y - 4 = -6x ?
one solution, no solution, infinite solutions, cannot be determined

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Question 869421: {-3x-y=-10
4x-4y=8
Solve the system by graphing

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Question 869558: If |4+ti|=5, find two possible values for t, tEZ
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Question 869684: 6x - 2y =1
10x -2y =5

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Question 869748: 2(y+4)+5
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Question 869658: 3X + 5y = 15 3x - 6y = -12
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Question 870396: 3x+2y=85
5x+3y=130

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Question 871877: How si the solution of
x-y=3
x+2y=6

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Question 872039: The sum of the digits in a two digit number is 12. The new number obtained when the digits are reversed is 36 more than the original number. Find the original number. (Help, please I am so confused by this question. We are using two variables and two equations to solve.)
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Question 872785: Solve the system
a) 4x^2 + 3y^2 = 16
5x+ y = 7
Can you please help me out? Thanks so much in advance:)

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Question 873387: y=x^2-2
Is this shaped like a "U" or a "V" on a graph?

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Question 873386: solve each system of equation
9y=8x-19
8x+11=2y^2+5y

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Question 873555: Hello,
+x%2Fa+%2By%2Fb+%2B+z%2Fc+ =1
solve for a.
thanks.

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Question 873508: use a graphing utility to solve the system of equations
xy=7 (1)
y=lnx (2)

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Question 874436: What is the answer to solve for x? 3x-5=x+9
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Question 876292: i need help solving the following
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Question 876295: a square window has an of 96 square inches. what is the length of each side of the window? be sure your answer is in simplest radical form. show as much work as possible.
*can you also show me how to check the answer to make sure it is correct?
thanks for all your help!

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Question 876314: write the following in exponential form.

^3 sqrt a

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Question 876317: write the following in exponential form.
^7 sqrt a^2 b^4

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Question 876502: 3x+6y=114
X=4y+8

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Question 876902: which of the following equations has both 1 and -3 as solutions.
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