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Question 273266: from all the pairs of numbers whose sum is 256, find the pair whose product is greatest.
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Question 273658: X-4
---------- > 0
X^2-3X-10 -
(IM TRYING TO SHOW THAT IT IS GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO)
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Question 274569: 4/7x-12=x
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Question 274570: 4/7x-12=x
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Question 274578: Can you help me with the following problem please? Thanks so much...
solve: |k-2|=4
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Question 274578: Can you help me with the following problem please? Thanks so much...
solve: |k-2|=4
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Question 274580: I'm stuck!! Can you help?? Thank you very much!!
sqrt(75a^2b^3c)
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Question 274580: I'm stuck!! Can you help?? Thank you very much!!
sqrt(75a^2b^3c)
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Question 274658: how do i transform this absolute value into two linear equations? |x-10|= 17 thank you
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Question 275575: Given: y varies directly with x and has a constant rate of change of 7.
When the value of y is 12, then the value of x would be _____.
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Question 275948: I need help. I'm supposed to solve and graph this equation y=absolute value of x-4 but when I graphed it I got a line instead of a V my answer was V(0,4) R(1,-3) and L(-1,-5). The next problem is y=absolute value of x-3 I got V(0,-3) R(1,-2) and L(-1,-4)
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Question 276138: A mountain is 12,965 feet above sea level and a valley is 350 feet below sea level. What is the difference in elevation between the mountain and the valley? ______feet
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Question 276200: a 14-foot piece of string is cut into two pieces so that the longer piece is two feet longer than the shorter piece.if the shorter piece is x feet long what is the lengths of both sides?
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Question 276498: What are the values of a and b, if any, where a|b – 2| < 0 ?
A. a < 0 and b 2
B. a < 0 and b = 2
C. a 0 and b > 2
D. a > 0 and b < 2
E. There are no such values of a and b.

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Question 276796: what is 2+3
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Question 276997: |7-10|-|-5| =-2
(I don't understand and I can not work out how this equation works at all.
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Question 277465: Solve the inequality. 2x+8<36. Here is how I solved the inequality. 2x+8-8<36-8
2x>28 x<14. Is this correct? Was I suppose to flip the sign? Thanks.
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Question 277733: Solve the problem.
The difference between two positive integers is 52. One integer is three times as great as the other. Find the integers
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Question 279018: Find the answer to the absolute value problem below: |-111|?
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Question 279229: how do i do guided problem solving ?
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Question 279655: Given that a + 1/a = 3, what is the value of |a - 1/a| ?
a 5 1/2 b 2 1/2 c 1.5 d 3 e 3 1/2
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Question 280251: Hello,
I am trying to solve this equation:
|3.5z| > |7|
(absolute value of 3.5z is greater than absolute value of 7)
I know how to solve when absolute value is on the left hand side, but what do you do when both sides have an absolute value?
Thanks,
Angie
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Question 280388: Mark had a board 25 1/2 inches long which he cut into 10 pieces. How long would the board be if it had 17 pieces of the same thickness?
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Question 280447: Hi, I wrote this wrong the first submission. Thanks for helping and sorry for any confusion.
Solve the inequality if possible.
|x+1| - 3 > 8
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Question 280445: I wrote this incorrectly the first submission. Thanks for helping!
7|4x+2| +6= 4
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Question 280444: I wrote this wrong the first time...any help would be sooo appreciated. Thanks
3|x-2| +2 =17
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Question 281273: how do I solve the problem [4x-12]+2 > or = 13
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Question 281737: [x-6]=2
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Question 281737: [x-6]=2
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Question 279315: hi my daughter has come home with and algebra question and I can't remember how to do it
question is a+b/c =7 and a-b/c=1 what is b?
Sorry i don't know where the underscore is but both formulas are over c.
thanks
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Question 281985: which value is equivalent to 55.65-50.9
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Question 281800: 5 x 11=(5x7)+(5xN)
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Question 283073: How many solutions are there for the equation x + 2 = | x – 3 | ?
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3 e) none of these


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Question 283121: what is the absolute value of [-8-12], [-10]+[12], [-8]x[-2].....
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Question 283274: Please help me with this problem. I need to evaluate ∣ 4 ∣ + ∣-3 ∣. I came up with 1. Is this correct? Please advise. Thank you.
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Question 283489: -6
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Question 284911: 1 - 2x + 6 = 9
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Question 284912: 2x + 5 <7
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Question 285097: Find the sum of -18, -22, and -96. Also, find the sum of -8, 85, and -16. Now, find the absolute value of the product of these two sums.
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Question 285195:


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Question 285792: The number of real solutions of the equation | x – 2 | + | x – 3 | = 3 is
A. 1 B 2 C 3 D 4 E None of these
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Question 286390: a = -3, b = 5, and c = -8, then a2b + c is
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Question 286513: Is the equation √[ (3x +7)2] = 3x + 7 sometimes true, always true, or never true?
Help? Can someone explain this to me?
Thank you.
Cynthia
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Question 286350: Solve:
(x+2)/(|x+4|)
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Question 286532: How do I solve
x+y=1350
$2x+$5y=450
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