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Question 1021947: Andy used a scale of 1/2 inch= 2 feet for a drawing of his house. On the drawing, a rectangular room measures 3 1/2(three and a half)inches by 2 3/4(two and three fourths)inches. Andy wants to purchase new carpet for the room that costs $4.89 per square foot. Before tax, how much will the new carpet cost?
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Question 815851: Write each numeral in scientific notation
0.057 * 10^5
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Question 815604: Write each numeral in scientific notation.
765 * 10^-5
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Question 802412: Please help me solve this equation: If the measure of one of two supplementary angles is 20 degrees more than 7 times the measure of the other, what are the measures of the angles?
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Question 1176179: A tree is 67 inches tall. How tall is it in feet and inches?
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Question 1176396: what volume of sulfuric acid solution would weigh 32.5kg? the density of the sulfuric acid solution is 1.84 g/mL
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Question 1176396: what volume of sulfuric acid solution would weigh 32.5kg? the density of the sulfuric acid solution is 1.84 g/mL
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Question 797251: Using two unit multipliers convert 145 cm to km
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Question 797250: Use two unit multipliers to convert 4000 square inches to square feet
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Question 801506: One number is 14 more than another. When half of the smaller number is added to the larger number, the sum is 59. What are the numbers?
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Question 1090492: 23,25,29,35, __?
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Question 975499: A bell rings after every 35 minutes, if the bell first rang at 8:00am; then what time would it ring for the 10th time?
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Question 787260: A file on a computer hard drive consists of 5000 data records each 128 bytes long.
The computer can process 1 kilobyte of data in 100 milliseconds. Use the binary definition of a kilobyte to find the number of seconds to process the entire file.
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Question 785570: subtract 5gal 2qt from 7gal

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Question 915498: Find the unit rate. Round to the nearest hundredth if necessary.
10 red peppers for $5.50
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Question 956131: The 2013 estimate for the population of SC is 4,774,839. SC has 30,060.70 square miles of land.What is the population density per square mile of SC.
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Question 783212: "Use 12 unit multipliers to convert 12,000 cubic meters into cubic yards." This is a question on my homework, and I know the answer, (12,000[100]^3/(2.54)^3(12)^3(3)^3) yd^3, but I'm not sure HOW to get the answer.
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Question 780751: ****A baker needs 9 tablespoons of oil to make 5 batches of brownies. How many milliliters of oil are needed to make 12 batches of brownies??****
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Question 780749: HELP PLEASE HELP!!! I NEED ANSWERS QUICK PLEASE!
A tightrope walker can walk across 200 feet of wire in 25 seconds. How many meters can she walk in a minute??
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Question 780400: Use two unit multipliers to covert 35cm to feet

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Question 778042: Turn 3.68 kg into gram. with process

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Question 776489: Convert 10 liters to quarts

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Question 999485: The quantity of fluid administered in an inoculation is usually measured in cubic centimeters, abbreviated cc. One liter is 1000 cc, and 1 liter is about 33.8 fluid ounces. How many cubic centimeters are in 7 fluid ounces? (Round your answer to one decimal place.)

cc per fluid oz
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Question 929274: convert 175 yards per minute to miles per hour (mph) Round the answer to the nearest tenth, if necessary
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Question 915924: A car is driven 60.0 miles per hour. How many kilometers can it go in 2.75 hours? (There are 1.60 kilometers per mile.)
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Question 771963: 53 yards per day into inches per week
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Question 771961: 53 yards per hour into inches per week

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Question 773359: We have a problem that asks for 5 unit multipliers for 200 liters to cubic meters. How can we write this out? We are both confused on this one.
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Question 770583: 1. simplify: 16-10/5+13
2. Simplify: 2+3*10/5*3-9
3. Divide 7and8ths/1and2 (fraction seven eight divided by one and a half

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Question 761040: 27gram multiply by (1pound divided by 454 gram)
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Question 760761: Write all the subsets of each.
1. A= {a, b, c, d,}
2. F= {4, 6, 8, 9, 10}

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Question 759195: 2x+y=17,17-11y=8
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Question 758067: evaluate tan 8 pi/3

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Question 757882: For each object, which metric unit (mg, g, kg, or t) would you use to measure the mass of the following items?
3. A bag of apples
4. A strand of hair

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Question 781540: what is the nearest tenth of 4.5 qt / min = gal/h
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Question 773354: 3. Bricks are delivered to a work site and stacked in rows and columns, forming a rectangular prism. The length of the prism is 1 foot greater than its width, and its height is 2 feet less than its width. Show how to find the dimensions of the prism formed by the bricks, given that its volume is 40 cubic feet.
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Question 733684: Convert the following
a. 327cL= daL
b. 274mg= cg

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Question 731078: the area of a regular pentagon is 30, if the edges are halved, what is the area of the new pentagon
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Question 990489: A plot of land was surveyed and found to have an area of 2000m^2. If it is plotted on a plan scale of 1:500. What will be its plan area in mm^2?
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Question 928050: The scale of a map is 1:500000. The area of a lake on the map is 12 cm^2. Calculate the actual area of the lake in km^2.
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Question 838791: 3. Bricks are delivered to a work site and stacked in rows and columns, forming a rectangular prism. The length of the prism is 1 foot greater than its width, and its height is 2 feet less than its width. Find the dimensions of the prism formed by the bricks, given that its volume is 40 cubic feet.
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Question 723231: Use unit multipliers to convert 4 square miles to square feet
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Question 727630: what point must be on the line y-2=5/2(x-1)
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