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Question 41188: How do I solve the below equation? I know I have to add the two absolute value equations, but can not find any information on how to add them.
If f(x) = | x + 2| and g(x) = | x - 3 |, then (f + g)(x) =

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Question 20154: A square plywood platform has a perimiter which is 10 times the lenght of a side decreased by 12. Find the lenght of a side.
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Question 41948: If every person in our class shakes hands with every other perison in the class exactly once
(a) How many handshakes will have taken place if there are 22 studemts in the class
(b) If there were 35 students in the class, how many handshakes would there be?
(c) What if there were n people?

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Question 41948: If every person in our class shakes hands with every other perison in the class exactly once
(a) How many handshakes will have taken place if there are 22 studemts in the class
(b) If there were 35 students in the class, how many handshakes would there be?
(c) What if there were n people?

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Question 42764: I need answer to this asap. I'm just not getting these...
(9x+8) = (-3x+9)
The ( ) represent absolute value marks

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Question 42764: I need answer to this asap. I'm just not getting these...
(9x+8) = (-3x+9)
The ( ) represent absolute value marks

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Question 42763: I need answer to this asap. I'm just not getting these...
-4<=2(u+3)-8
The (u+8) is absolute value

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Question 42791: I need answer to the below absolute value/inequality broblem listed below. Thanks

52 >= -2│ u + 5│+7

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Question 42790: I need an answer tonight for homework. It's a combination absolute value inequality problem:
4 > -2│ x - 7│+8

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Question 42809: I need a solution to this absolute value problem:
|5y+3| = |8y-8|
Thanks

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Question 42807: I need the 2 part solution to this absolute value problem:
|-9x+8| = |5x+8|

Thank you

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Question 42811: y=|x+4|-3 how do i graph this
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Question 42840: (21x² - 10x + 5 ) / ( 4x – 2 )
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Question 42905: solve:
|2w + 4| = 6
wouldn't w = 1 or w = -1
this one seems too simple, or am I right?

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Question 42905: solve:
|2w + 4| = 6
wouldn't w = 1 or w = -1
this one seems too simple, or am I right?

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Question 43012: Can anyone give me the two solutions to this absolute value problem:
|-6w-1| = |-6w+5|

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Question 42987: For the following set, which number has the largest absoute value?
4, -1, 12, -25, 17, 0

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Question 43104: Can anyone solve the following?
27< 4|y + 9|-9


Thanks so much

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Question 43104: Can anyone solve the following?
27< 4|y + 9|-9


Thanks so much

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Question 43129: Can anyone give me the solution to this in y+mx+b format?

8x-7y-14=0


Thank you

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Question 43542: Hi
I am at a roadblock with this question......Determine the mean and the standard deviation of the folowing frequency distribution
Class Frequency
0 to 5 2
5 up to 10 7
10 up to 15 12
15 up to 20 6
20 up to 25 3
Thanks so much for helping me

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Question 43670: is 42 the right answer for this?
Find the GCF for 14 and 21?

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Question 44032: Use any strategy to solve each problem
Jessica added 120 to one-third of a number for a result of 200. What is the number?

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Question 44775: |3x-1|=2
Thanks!

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Question 44775: |3x-1|=2
Thanks!

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Question 44786: I need help with this problem:
IF a = -1 and b = 2

- | - a - b |
What I have so far is the following:
- | - |(- 1)- 2 |

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Question 45164: solve the following system by substitution.



8x -4y=16
y=2x- 4

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Question 45163: solve the following system by substitution.



5x-2y= -5
y-5x = 3

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Question 45259: can you please help I am trying to write this solution in interval notation.Thanks.
x-5> or equal to 1. Thanks.

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Question 46166: Add 8a – 6 and 4a + 5.
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Question 46482: Please help!! I just started algebra 11/2 week ago so I am new at this..
Find the value of n when (7.17 + n) + 8.83= 16+4

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Question 46596: A 3-foot pole casts a shadow of 9 feet. How tall is a tree with a shadow of 12 feet?

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Question 45956: Solve for the value of x

2x(0.4-0.3)=x(0.3-0.5)-0.2(x-1)

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Question 46821: please can u help me rewrite the following functions WITHOUT absolute values?..
y=|x|
y= |x+3|+1
y= |x-1|
y= (|x|-2)/(x-2)
please help me!
thank you

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Question 48020: Solve |2x-1|>9 and write the answer in iterval notation.
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Question 48044: I am having problem with the problem 42/55 write in simplest form
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Question 48125: please help me solve this problem

8-1 5/6
8 minus 1 and 5/6
it kind of slips my mind sometimes when it comes to subtracting fractions

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Question 48150: (a raised to power0 b raised to the power 0 c raised to the power 0 =
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Question 48155: the sum of a number and its reciprocal is 10/3 what is the number?
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Question 48155: the sum of a number and its reciprocal is 10/3 what is the number?
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Question 48154: one third of a number is 5 less than half of the same number. what is the number? please show work
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Question 48153: in baseball a player's batting average is the ratio of hits to the number of times he or she has batted.thus,if the player has an average of .300 it means he or she got 300 hits in 1000 at bats. in order to have an average of .300, how many hits would the batter have to get in 400 times at bat?please show work.thanks

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Question 48360: Solve the absolute value equation.
|x – ¼| = |(1/2)x -3/4|

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Question 48377: I'm stumped here and know it has to be a sign thing....
Problem = x-xy(y^0-x^-3) if x= -2 and y = 3
-2-(-2x3)(1-(-2^-3)
-2-(-6)[(1 - (-1/8)]
-2+6(1 and 1/8)
-2 + 6 and 1/8
4 and 1/8
but answer is supposed to be 19/4
?????? Help....

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