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Question 1195132: I am trying to figure out how to solve this math equation:
4x - (3x + 5) = -2
It was stated that the solution set is 3.
I need to know the steps to solving this problem.
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Question 1195171: 3.
Happy Harold’s Autos collected data on cars sold in October.
43 Total number of cars sold
23 Red cars
25 Cars with Air Conditioning
29 Cars with Heated Seats
17 Red cars with Air Conditioning
15 Red cars with Heated Seats
16 Cars with Air Conditioning and Heated Seats
10 Red cars with Air Conditioning and Heated Seats
(a) Draw a Venn diagram illustrating all of the above information.
(b) How many red cars had neither Air Conditioning nor Heated Seats?
(c) How many cars had Airconditioning were not red?
(d) How many cars were not red and had neither Air Conditioning nor Heated Seats?

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Question 1195212: The second of three numbers is 2 more than the first. The third number is twice the first. The sum of the first and third exceeds the second by 2. Find the three numbers.
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Question 1195274: For the function below, find the value(s) of x in which f'(x)=0.
f(x)=(x^2-2)(x^2-√2)
(round to three decimal places as needed.)
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Question 1195328: You go out to dinner in a party of eight, and the restaurant automatically adds a 18% gratuity to the check. The total amount of the check, with the added gratuity, is $ 219.83. How much was the gratuity?
A. $39.57
B. $33.53
C. $55.88
D. $48.79
E. $42.15
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Question 1195352: Write an equation for a line parallel to y=−2x−1 and passing through the point (1,0)
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Question 1195370: Suppose that the cost function for a product is given by C(x)=0.003x^3+5x+11,719. Find the production level (that is, the value of x) that will produce the minimum average cost per unit _
C(x).
The production level that produces the minimum average cost per unit is x=
(Round to the nearest whole number as needed.)

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Question 1195393: Sketch the graph of a single function that has all of the properties listed.
a. Continuous and differentiable for all real numbers
b. f'(x)<0 on (-∞,-4) and(0,5)
c. f'(x)>0 on (-4,0) and (5,∞)
d. f''(x)>0 on (-∞,-1) and (2,∞)
e. f''(x)<0 on (-1,2)
f. f'(-4)=f'(5)=0
g.f''(x)=0 at (-1,11) and (2,10)
any help will be so appreciated this is the only question i have left on my homework and im stumped):
thank you so much in advance!
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Question 1195456: A 6 fl oz bottle of Benadryl with a concentration of 12.5 mg/ ml is dispensed. A patient is to take 50 mg q HS. How many ml will be left over after 30 days?
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Question 1195455: Prepare 60gm of a 3% cream from a 1% and 10% cream. How many gm of the 10% cream will you have?
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Question 1195457: You need 50ml of 5% dextrose for a patient. You have 1000 ml of 70% dextrose on hand. How much diluent will you need
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Question 1195458: A 6 fl oz bottle of Benadryl with a concentration of 12.5 mg/ ml is dispensed. A patient is to take 50 mg once a day. How many ml will be left over after 30 days?
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Question 1195470: Evaluate 2𝑥^3 - 5𝑥^2 + 5𝑥 − 7 at 𝑥 = −3
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Question 1195478: Last week at a festival, a man sold 4 times as many tie-dyed T-shirts as silk-screened shirts. He sold 240 shirts altogether. How many tie-dyed shirts did he sell?
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Question 1195503: Philip is twice as old as Lori. In y years he will be 1.5 times as old as Lori. Lori's age at present may be correctly expressed as:
y/4, 2y/3, y, 3y/2, 3y
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Question 1195523: A field is of area 9 hectares and is of rectangular
shape. The length of one side is 360 m.
Find the perimeter.

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Question 1195578: A delivery truck is transporting boxes of two sizes: large and small. The combined weight of a large box and a small box is 65 pounds. The truck is transporting 55 large boxes and 65 small boxes. If the truck is carrying a total of 3775 pounds in boxes, how much does each type of box weigh?
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Question 1195592: Convert 53 cm/sec to in/min. 1 in = 2.54 cm, 1min = 60 sec.
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Question 1195593: Convert 300in to centimeter. 1 in = 2.54 cm
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Question 1195593: Convert 300in to centimeter. 1 in = 2.54 cm
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Question 1195643: Please help me so this word problem.
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Question 1195707: An urn contains 2 one-dollar bills, 1 five-dollar bill and 1 ten-dollar bill. A player draws bills one at a time without replacement from the urn until a ten-dollar bill is drawn. Then the game stops. All bills are kept by the player. Determine:
(A) The probability of winning $16.
(B) The probability of winning all bills in the urn.
(C) The probability of the game stopping at the second draw.
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Question 1195748: How to solve for x Y=4x-7kx
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Question 1195768: Using the equation D = , explain in words the steps you would take to isolate this
3(p−5) / s
equation for the variable, p.
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Question 1195768: Using the equation D = , explain in words the steps you would take to isolate this
3(p−5) / s
equation for the variable, p.
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Question 1195767: An archeologist uses radiocarbon dating to determine the age of a Viking ship. Suppose a
sample that originally contained 100 mg of Carbon-14 now contains 85 mg. If the half-life of
Carbon-14 is 5730 years, what is the age of the ship to the nearest 100 years?
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Question 1195761: The mortality rate from heart disease can be modelled by the relation M = 88. 8(0. 9418) ,
t
where M is the number of deaths per 100 000 people and t is the number of years since 2000.
a) What was the initial mortality rate in the year 2000? ✓
b) According to this equation, is the mortality rate increasing or decreasing over time?
Explain how you know. ✓✓
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Question 1195815: A=(-9,5) B=(0,5)

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Question 1195815: A=(-9,5) B=(0,5)

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Question 1195819: 8*2^2+64-59+3^2*3^2-1-(2*5)=
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Question 1195819: 8*2^2+64-59+3^2*3^2-1-(2*5)=
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Question 1195832: y varies directly as x and y = 27 when x = 3. Find the following:
a. The equation that gives the relationship between x and y.
b. The value of y when x = 4.
c. The value of x when y = 54.

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Question 1195861: This is a calculus question. Could you explain question 18 on https://www.math.purdue.edu/php-scripts/courses/oldexams/serve_file.php?file=16600FE-F2016.pdf ? I know the answer is D but don't know how to get there. Please attach an image of your work as a reply.
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Question 1195869: This is a calculus question involving series. Can someone explain #13 on https://www.math.purdue.edu/php-scripts/courses/oldexams/serve_file.php?file=16200FE-F2019.pdf which is about true and false statements? My understanding is that I is true and II is false but I don't know about III and IV. Can someone give examples to show that they are true/false?
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Question 1195918: This is a calculus question. Can you explain each choice of #4 on https://www.math.purdue.edu/php-scripts/courses/oldexams/serve_file.php?file=16200E3-F2018.pdf ?
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Question 1195931: This is a calculus question. Can you explain how to solve #12 on https://www.math.purdue.edu/php-scripts/courses/oldexams/serve_file.php?file=16200FE-F2018.pdf ?
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Question 1195975: Drew moved into his apartment and needs to get a high-speed internet service Time Warner Cable offers free installation and costs $42.95 a month Cincinnati Bell charges a $60 installation fee and it cost them $24.50 a month after how many months will the cost be the same algebra

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