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Question 91456: The length of a rectangle is 1 cm more than 5 times its width. If the area of the rectangle is 89 cm2, find the dimensions of the rectangle to the nearest thousandth. I don't understand where to even start.
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Question 91465: I ask the wrong question, sorry
factoring a quadratic with leading cofficient greater than one
2z^2-z-6
Thank you for the help, I would never get these with out this help
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Question 91474: factoring a quadratic with leading coefficient greater than one
thank you I need 3 question answer, please help I need them before time runs out
6y^2+y-12
thank you so very much
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Question 91496: Hello out there to everyone,I need some help with some problems,the first one is,Solve:2n(n+5)=0.The next one is,Find the amount of money in a bank account if the initial deposit is $4,000 with an annual rate of 2.5% for 5 years.The third one is,Use the quadratic formula to solve:5x^2+12=-6x.And the last one is,Use the quadratic formula to solve:-x^2+7x negative10 =0.Thanks to whoever can help.
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Question 91600: I been trying but i dont understand can u help me please.??.

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Question 91628: Lori wants to know which outcome (a or b) is more likely to occur: Assume there is one winning ticket in the box. Justify your answer.
a.) Ob6taining a winning ticket by drawing once from a box of 15 tickets.
b) Obtaining a winning ticket both times by drawing twice with replacement from a box of 4 tickets?
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Question 91627: Jessica has entered 2 participants from her youth group in a siging contest. Also entered in the contest are: 7 students from St. Michales, 3 from Trinity, 3 from Beautiful Savior and 6 from St. John's. In how many ways can the competition finish if we only consider the congregation of those who entered?
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Question 91656: I am having problem,s with this problem

Solve equations for X
x^2+4x+4=7
Thank a million for the help
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Question 91655: I am having problem,s with this problem
Solve the following equation by factoring or by any of the techniques.
4x^2-8x+3=5
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Question 91699: decide all values of b in the following equations that will give one or more real number solutions.

a. 3x^2+bx-3=0
b. 5x^2+bx+1=0
c. -3x^2+bx-3=0
d. Write a rule for judging if an equation has solutions by looking at it in standard form.
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Question 91684: As Gina was working in her new yard, she decided she needed a little more color. When she went to the garden center at Costco, she spotted 2 azalea, 1 rhododendron and 2 daphne that she liked. If an experiment consits of her choosing 2 of the above ploants,
a) What is the sample space of this experiment?
b) What is the probability of selecting two plants not of the same type?
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Question 91744: I am having some problems solving these problems
Use the quadratic formula to solve each of the quadratic equations
2x^2-5x=3
and also 3x^2-2x+1=0
Thank you
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Question 91654: I am having problems with these problems.
solve the following equations by factoring or by any of the techniques.

(x-1)^2=7 and also X^2-9x-4=6

Thanks a million

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Question 91763: I am not that good with word problems and I am having problems solving this problem

A garden area is 30 ft long and 20 ft wide. A path of iniform width is set around the edge. If the remaining garden area is 400 ft^2, What is the width of the path?
Thanks a million for the help
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Question 91671: I need some help
Solve the following equations by factoring or by any of the techniques:
(x-1)^2=7
and also x^2-9x-4=6
Thanks
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Question 91762: this is formula for trapezoid A=h/2(b+c) whats the formula for h? is it :
A/2(b+c)=h ? or 2(b+c)/A= h, or b+c/A= h/2
this is from algebra 1 review handout i got not in a book.
note: all email i get other than this problems answers or other related mail to math will be reported as spam.

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Question 91979: I am having a problem with this problem,
Find the x-intercepts
Y=x^2+x-6
Thanks a million
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Question 91979: I am having a problem with this problem,
Find the x-intercepts
Y=x^2+x-6
Thanks a million
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Question 91978: I am having a problem with this word problem, I am not good at them and need some help.
Business and finance : The demand eqaurion for a certain type of printer is given by D=200p+35000.
The supply equation is predicted to be S= -P^2+400p-20000
Find the equalibrium price.
Thanks a million
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Question 91956: Okay - this is very weird -
I have three sets of ordered pairs:
(0,0) (432.57,0) (225, 190)
(0,0) (40.16,0) (21,11)
(0,0) (104,84,0) (58,64)
I need to go to "QuadReg" (???) and get the quadratic equations!!
I have been working and just can't get it - can someone oh please give me the equations!!!
Thank you
LLo

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Question 90609: Determine if the relation is a function.

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Question 91977: I am having a problem with this word problem, I am not good at them and need some help.
Geometry: The length of a rectangle is 1 cm longer than its width. If the diagonial of the rectangle is 4cm what are the dimensions of the rectangle?
Thanks a million
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Question 92073: Find a quadratic equation with roots ( 4 + i ) and (4 - i ). PLEASE!!!
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Question 92079: please help me solve this problem using the quadratic formula.
5x^2 - 3x - 3 = 0
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Question 92079: please help me solve this problem using the quadratic formula.
5x^2 - 3x - 3 = 0
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Question 92077: please help me solve this problem 3(x - 2)^2 = 48

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Question 92078: please help me solve this quadratic equation, Solve using completing the square, 3x^2 - 6x = 27

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Question 92100: I am not ggod at word problems and I am having trouble on this one

The eqaution H=-16t^2+112t gives the height of an arrow, shot upward from the ground with initial velocity of 112 ft/s, where t is the time after the arrow leaves the ground. find the time it takes for the arrow to reach a height of 180ft.

Thanks a million
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Question 92099: I am totally lost and need some help on theses problems
For each eqaution identify the axis of symmetry, creat a suitable table of value and sketch a gragh
Y=X^2-5x+3
and also Y=X^2+6x-2
Thanks a million
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Question 92075: can someone help me,i dont get this!!! Find the dimensions of a rectangle a with the greatest area whose perimeter is 30 feet. i dont get this!!!
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Question 92105: I need some help
I am not sure what method was used to solve this problem
4x^2-8x+3=5
4x^2-8x-2=0
2x^2-4x-1=0
x=4+-square root 16-4*2*-1/4
x=4+-square root 24/4
x=4x-2 square root 6/4
x=1+1/2square root6 or
x=1-1sqaure root6

Thank you for the help
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Question 92189: If the parabola y - 2 = a(x-3)^2 goes through the point (2,0), what is the
value of a? please HELP!!
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Question 92194: According it Descartes' Rule of Signs, (a) how many positive real roots does each of the following have? (b) how many negative roots? i have no idea how to do this im trying to learn this stuff on my own and its hard please help
f (a) = a^5 - 4a^2 - 7 (a)__________ (b)_________

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Question 92195: According it Descartes' Rule of Signs, (a) how many positive real roots does each of the following have? (b) how many negative roots? 17) f (x) = 3x^3 + 9x^2 + 8x (a)_________ (b) __________
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Question 92191: please show me how to do this problem! If y varies directly with x, and y = 10 when x = 15, find y when x = 6.
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Question 92188: Tell whether each of the following parabolas opens upward or
downward. a. y = x^2 - 1 a. _________
b. y = - 3x^2 b. _________
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Question 92190: Indicate whether the graphs of the following will have a maximum or a minimum. please help me
(a) f (x) = x^2 - 9 a.____________
(b) f (x) = 8x - 3x^2 b.____________
(c) f (x) = -(3 - x )^2 c.____________
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Question 92216: Find the solution sets for the following:
3x^2-2x-8/x-1 >= 0
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Question 92226: Solve.
-9(x-3)^2=-7
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Question 92157: Find the solution sets for the following:
x^4 + 2x^2 - 15 = 0
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Question 92221: Solve.

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Question 92219: Remove the parentheses and simplify.
6b-(4b-10a)
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