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Question 318128: I really need help. I have a problem that is 1/5+3/y=-3/5 and I know I think I got the right answer but I am not sure. I do not remember how I even got the answer. The answer that I have for this problem is y=-15/4 please tell me if I am right and a refresher how I got the answer. Thank You.
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Question 318142: 22-5(6v-1)=-63
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Question 318144: Find the other endpoint of a line segment with the given midpoint and one endpoint (I need major help on these)
Endpoint: ( 6, -1); Midpoint: (15/2, 2)
A. (9,5) B. (2, 15/2) C. (-3, -6) D. (15,4)
Use the discriminant to determine how many real-number solutions the equation has.
v2 - 7v + 5 = 0
A. 2 B. 1 C. 0

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Question 318161: Soup Kitchen
A soup kitchen is preparing a meal for a large number of people. The basic recipe for the sauce
requires 15 ounces (oz) of crushed tomatoes to serve 8 people. The chefs expect to serve 100
people, and crushed tomatoes are sold in 24 oz cans. How many cans should the chefs purchase?
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Question 318308: Using the multiplication principle solve;
-6x>1/13

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Question 318247: I am working on an assignment and can not figure out the following problems can you show me how to get the correct answers? 1. (32x^3-48x^2-56x-12)/ (8x+4) 2.I have to convert this to a decimal notation and am not sure how to go about it 10^-3 3.r^2+15r=0 I am looking for the solution to r how would I find it? 4. factor by grouping gives me trouble could you show me how to do it? 3x^3-24x^2-5x+40 5.(r-45+7)+(5r+3s)+s+2)
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Question 318335: FACTOR THE EQUATION
THANK YOU
(50-2)(50+2)
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Question 318294: The radius of the free-throw circle on a NBA basketball court is 6ft. What is the circumference to the nearest tenth? (C=3.14d or C=23.14r)
please help me with this equation!
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Question 318367: solve the equation:
4^16=2x+7

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Question 318367: solve the equation:
4^16=2x+7

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Question 318367: solve the equation:
4^16=2x+7

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Question 318380: Please help with this question. Evaluate the discriminant, and predict the type and number of solutions.
s^2-5s-8=0
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Question 318396: COULD YOU HELP b/6 - b-2/8=4
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Question 318409: I am stuck on the following problems and can not figure them out and I have been working on them all day can yoy help? 8x^5-36x^4+24x^2 divided by 4x^2 (the 4x^2 is under the equation) 2. (7/10x^3-3/10x-1/9)- (-1/10x^3+3/10x-1/9) fractions really give me a hard time and I can not ever remember how to figure them out. 3. multiply and simplify 3^16*3^17
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Question 318433: 3/5(x+4)+1/2x=x+3
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Question 318369: solve the equation:
81^3x=27^x+2
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Question 318373: I need help bad with this!
Midtown Delivery Service delivers packages with cost $1.30 per package to deliver. The fixed cost to run the delivery truck is $75 per day. If the company charges $6.30 per package, how many packages must be delivered daily to break even?
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Question 318437: Elliot paid 1.50 a dozen of flowers. He sold all but 5 dozen of them for $2 a dozen, making a profit of $18. How many dozen flowers did he buy?
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Question 318511: FACTORING THE DIFFERENCE OF TWO SQUARES
PLEASE SHOW ALL STEPS
(xy+10)(xy-10)

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Question 318482: 1)4M-4=4M
2)6=1-2N+5
0=-2N
N=0?
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Question 318381: Please help me identify the vertex of the parabola f(x)= (x+1)^2 + 1
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Question 318542: I need some help figuring out how to do this word problem. The base of a triangle is 6cm greater than the height. The area is 36cm^2. How do you find the height and length of the base>
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Question 318553: How would you factor x^5+8x^4?
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Question 318544: How would you find the answer to this problem? The polynomial 0.041h-0.018a-2.69 can be used to estimate the lung capicity, in liters, of a female with height h in cemntimeters and age a in years. How would you find the lung capicity of a 40 year old female who is 140 centimeters tall?
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Question 318572: The sum of two numbers is 33. Twice the first number minus the seconed number equals 18. Find both numbers.
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Question 318559: FACTOR THE BINOMIAL
6-x^2
I know the answer is
(0.2+x)(0.2-x)
Can you please explain why that is?
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Question 318545: This on has me stumped. Suppose it takes three days for a space vechicle to travel from Earth to the moon. About how long would it take the same vechicle traveling the same speed to reach Mercury? The distance from the Earth to the moon-240,000 miles Mercury-57,000,000,000 miles
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Question 318139: 12x2 + 23x + 10 = 0
A. 5/4, 2/3 B. -5/12, -1/5 C. -5/4, -2/3 D. 5/4, -2/3
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Question 318591: What is the vaule of the Y variable in the solution to the following system of equations?
3x+y=14
-3x+2y=1
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Question 318591: What is the vaule of the Y variable in the solution to the following system of equations?
3x+y=14
-3x+2y=1
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Question 318490: how do you solve 3y+2x=-x+5 and 4x-3y=6x+y
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Question 318585: Find an equation in standard form of the line:
a. through (2,-2) and (4,4)
b. perpendicular to y= x + 5 and through (0,-8)
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Question 318636: Write an algebraic expression and solve the equation for: Eight less than four times a number is the same as eight times the sum of the number and two. What is the number?
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Question 318661: 2x-3(2x-5)=7-2x
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Question 318687: solve for x.
-2/3x=12
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Question 318869: Express the number 7920 in scientific notation
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Question 318923: SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS
2x+3y=1
x+ y=1
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Question 318904: a plane flies 450 miles with the wind and 300 miles against the wind in the same length of time. if the speed of the wind is 20 mph, what is the speed of the plane in the air?

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Question 318970: step by step please.
2x+3x+4x-5=2+3+4x
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Question 318975: I am having trouble with multiplying,dividing and simplifing these problems. I can get them so far then I get lost. I have no trouble when I am dealing with smaller numbers but the larger numbers and multiple steps to get the answer gives me trouble. Can you help me out.? 1. 10y^/9v^2*81v^4/100y;2.z^2-z-6/z^2-4z+4*z-2/z-3; y^2-81/y divided by y-9/y+6; 4.x^2-4/25x+50 divided by x-2/10;5.r^2+62/r^2+3r-18 divided by r/r+3
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Question 318995: Write the equation for the problem and solve. The product of two consecutive even integers is equal to 120. What are all the integers? No credit for guesses or interpolation.
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Question 318972: I am working with rational expressions this week and am having trouble simplifing by removing factors of one. Could you show me how with the these problems: 1. 80v^9x^8/50v^7x^3;2. s^2-25/s^2-10s+25;3. 15w^2?375/9w^2-225
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Question 319064: SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS
3c-2d=13
2c+3d=0
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Question 318035: I need your help with this: Identify the vertex of the parabola
f(x)=(x+1)square + 1
Thank you
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Question 319138: ... is an equation that can be used to solve the proportion 4/x = 3/10.
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