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Question 1054570: -3 (4-y)=-27

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Question 1054683: how do I solve for w and simplify as much as possible?
3 1 4
- - + -w = - -
5 2 3
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Question 1054683: how do I solve for w and simplify as much as possible?
3 1 4
- - + -w = - -
5 2 3
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Question 1054571: A board is needed that is exactly
StartFraction 3 Over 32 EndFraction332
in. wide to fill a hole. If a board that is
one eighth
in. wide can be shaved to fit the hole, how much must be shaved from the board?
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Question 1054754: Many counties in Florida missed many school days in the fall of 2004 due to hurricanes that year. A solution for how to make up those days was to add time to each school day for a portion of the year. It was decided that in order to make up a 6 hour school day, 10 minutes would be added to each day. How many extended days would be needed to make up 3 school days?
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Question 1054804: what 2 numbers multiply to make -546 and subtract to make -29
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Question 1054784: Flex is drawing an animal. It's head is 1/3 as long as it's body. It's tail as long as it's head and body together.the total length of the animal is 40 centimeters. How long is each part of the animal. The head. The body.and tail.use a drawing to help solve

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Question 1054919: How many liters of a 20% acid solution must be mixed with a 60% solution to obtain 40 liters of a 35% solution? Also please include a chart if u could.
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Question 1055049: Leslie is currently 8 yrs. older than her neighbor Bill. In four yrs. she will be 2 times as old as Bill. Let X equal Bills current age.
a. what expression represents Leslie's current age.
b. what expression represents Bills age in four years?
what expression represents Leslie's age in four years?
c. what equation can you write based on the given information?
d. what is Bills current age?
what is Leslie's current age?
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Question 1055066: evaluate x=3 and y=-2
problem 4xy-3y=

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Question 1055101: 125+45f=800

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Question 1055127: A commercial jet travels 1500 mi in the same amount of time it takes a corporate jet to travel 1290 mi. The rate of the commercial jet is 70 mph greater than the rate of the corporate jet. Find the rate of each jet.
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Question 1055126: The rate of a bicyclist is 8 mph more than the rate of a long-distance runner. The bicyclist travels 52 mi in the same amount of time it takes the runner to travel 20 mi. Find the rate of the runner.
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Question 1055125: A cyclist and a jogger start from a town at the same time and head for a destination 12 mi away. The rate of the cyclist is twice the rate of the jogger. The cyclist arrives 1.2 h before the jogger. Find the rate of the cyclist.
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Question 1055123: A commercial jet can fly 500 mph in calm air. Traveling with the jet stream, the plane flew 2400 mi in the same amount of time it would take to fly 1600 mi against the jet stream. Find the rate of the jet stream.
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Question 1055121: To tile 24 ft^2 of area, 180 ceramic tiles are needed. At this rate, how many tiles are needed to tile 300 ft^2?
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Question 1055119: The pressure (p) in a liquid varies jointly as the depth (d) and the density (D) of the liquid. If the pressure is 33.5 lb/in^2 when the depth is 97 in. and the density is 2.2 lb/in^3, find the pressure when the density remains the same and the depth is 88 in. (Round your answer to one decimal place.)
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Question 1055120: The frequency of vibration (f) of a guitar string varies directly as the square root of the tension (T) and inversely as the length (L) of the string. If the frequency is 40 vibrations per second when the tension is 25 lb and the length of the string is 3 ft, find the frequency when the tension is 81 lb and the string is 4 ft long.
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Question 1055118: The intensity (I) of a light source is inversely proportional to the square of the distance (d) from the source.
If the intensity is 8 lumens at a distance of 10 m, what is the intensity when the distance is 5 m?
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Question 1055124: A insurance representative traveled 532 mi by commercial jet and then an additional 95 mi by helicopter. The rate of the jet was four times the rate of the helicopter. The entire trip took 2.4 h. Find the rate of the jet.
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Question 1055162: I have to find the slope from the following points
(5,-4) (-7,-4)
And
(-3,8) (6,-4)
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Question 1055190: A=1/2h(B+b); A=27, B=2, b=7 h=?
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Question 1055122: A contractor estimated that 30 ft^3 of cement is required to make a concrete floor that measures 90 ft^2. Using this estimate, find how many additional cubic feet of cement would be required to make a concrete floor that measures 870 ft^2.
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Question 1055260: |2/3x|>4
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Question 1055305: simplify 6.4 x 2^-3 / (-8)^2 x 10^-2
X is multiplication symbol not a variable in the above.
Thanks
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Question 1055306: calculate
4(8-6)^2-4x3+2x8 / 3^1+19^0
The x is a multiplication symbol in the above not a variable.
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Question 1055306: calculate
4(8-6)^2-4x3+2x8 / 3^1+19^0
The x is a multiplication symbol in the above not a variable.
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Question 1055336: Find slope intercept form of a line that has a slope of -3 and a y-intercept of (0,-4)
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Question 1055336: Find slope intercept form of a line that has a slope of -3 and a y-intercept of (0,-4)
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Question 1055419: log(x-4)+log5=2
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Question 1055452: The rowing team rowed an average of 15.6 mph with the current and 8.8 against he current determine the teams rowing speed
in still water and the speed of the current
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Question 1055539: Hello! I am in need of an explanation for the following question I was assigned for homework. I have spent over an hour working on it but none of my solutions were correct. It goes: My motor boat normally travels at 24 kilometers per hour in still water. One day I traveled 36 kilometers against a constant current in a river. If I had traveled with the current, I would have traveled 48 km in the same time. How fast was the current? The answer is stated in the back of the book as 3 3/7 but does not give any explanation on how to get the answer. Please provide an explanation! Thank you.
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Question 1055451: a chemist has 6% and 15% solutions of acid his muvh of each solution should she mix to get 10 liters of a 9% solution
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Question 1055580: what adds to -4
but multiplys to 3
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Question 1055580: what adds to -4
but multiplys to 3
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Question 1055596: 7x+2y=-13
-3x-8y=-23
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Question 1055596: 7x+2y=-13
-3x-8y=-23
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Question 1055595: Not sure if it comes under this topic but I have tried to build up an equation to solve it and I think I can but I'm not understanding how. So here's the question :
In a picnic there were 240 persons. There were 20 more men than women and 20 more adults than children. How many men were there in the picnic ? Answer given in my book shows it's 75, but I dont understand how.
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Question 1055584: in a two digit number,the sum of the digits is 8.the difference between this number and the number with the digit reverst is 54.what is the number
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Question 1055592: A car is traveling 75 kilometers per hour. How many meters does the car travel in one minute?
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Question 1055591: In a school 50% of the students are younger than 10, 1/20 are 10 years old and 1/10 are older than 10 but younger than 12, the remaining 70 students are 12 years or older. How many students are 10 years old?
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Question 1055579: Three friends anil, bala and chetan, from X to town X to town Y which was 4o km. Anil who had a bike started along with bala while chetan started simultaneously on foot. After some time , anil dropped bala on the way and went back to pick up chetan while bala proceeded to Y on foot. Anil picked up chetan and reached Y at the same time as bala. Anil traveled at 50km/hr. The speed at which bala and chetan walked was 10 km /hr . find the time after which anil turned back ?
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Question 1055695: Solve for A
s=(2A)/r
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Question 1055694: A car traveling 75 kilometers per hour. How many meters does the car travel in one minute?
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