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Question 69304: Write the quadratic equation, in simplest form with roots of -3 and 5/7
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Question 69254: Solve by completing the square.
4x^2 + 2x – 3 = 0
Hellllpppp, pleeeeeaaaaase!!!

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Question 69317: Please help to solve :
3x - 2 / 7 - x/4 - x - 3/2 = 1

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Question 69252: The height h in feet of an object after t seconds is given by the function
h = –16t^2 + 30t + 3.
How long will it take the object to hit the ground? Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.
I wish that I knew how to do this problem!

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Question 69393: 25 If x^2-x-6=0 then x= ?
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Question 69502: *Find the zero's for the ff quadratic equation:
2x^2-x+8=0




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Question 69502: *Find the zero's for the ff quadratic equation:
2x^2-x+8=0




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Question 69473: Solve (x + 5)^2 = 3
Can anyone help me on this please? Thank you so much!

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Question 69556: Please help me solve the equation +20y%5E2+%2B+27y+%2B9+=+0+
Thanks

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Question 69705: Hi, can you help me solve an Equation Quadratic in Form?
the Equation is 6x%5E-1-5x%5E%28-1%2F2%29%2B1=0

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Question 69720: Question: "A designer, attempting to arrange the characters of his artwork in the form of a square grid with equal number of rows and columns, found that 24 characters were left out? When he tried to add one more row and column, he found that he was short of 25 characters. Can you find the number of characters used by the designer?"
Gracias!

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Question 69719: "Rita rows 12 km upstream and 12 km downstream in three hours. The speed of her boat in still water is 9 km/hr. Find the speed of the stream."
Thanks.

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Question 69719: "Rita rows 12 km upstream and 12 km downstream in three hours. The speed of her boat in still water is 9 km/hr. Find the speed of the stream."
Thanks.

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Question 69717: Help needed please.
Steve traveled 600 miles at a certain speed. Had he gone 20mph faster, the trip would have taken 1 hour less. Find the speed of his vehicle.

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Question 69718: Guidance it needed with this problem please.
"Some students planned for a get-together. The budget for food was $500. Five of the students failed to come because of the distance and therefore the cost of food for each member increased by %5. How many students attended the get-together?"

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Question 69744: I need to know how to rewrite quadratic functions in turning point form.
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Question 69774: Please someone help me! I need to rewrite this function in turning point form
y=x^+4x+3

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Question 69847: how can i use pascals triangle and permutations and combinations together or separately to help me complete (a+b)^n were a and b are constant values and n is any power.
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Question 69838: Write the equation of the line passing through (3, –7) and (–6, –7).
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Question 69987: HELP ME SOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND GRAPH IT -X^2+7X-10=0
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Question 69992: Steve traveled 600 miles at a certain speed. Had he gone 20mph faster, the trip would have taken 1 hour less. Find the speed of his vehicle. Thank you in advance for the help!
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Question 69992: Steve traveled 600 miles at a certain speed. Had he gone 20mph faster, the trip would have taken 1 hour less. Find the speed of his vehicle. Thank you in advance for the help!
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Question 69956: x^2-5x-14=0
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Question 70150: 2x+-+3x%5E%281%2F2%29+%2B+1+=+0
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Question 70329: x^2+9x+14=0
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Question 70511: x-one whole number three over five 1 3/5 = two whole number seven over ten 2 7/10
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Question 70598: Hi, I'm studying for a test, and I need help with this problem.
Find all real solutions (a,b are positive constants)
10a%5E2x%5E2-2abx-36b%5E2=0
I know that it needs to be solved by factoring, completing the square, or the quadratic formula, but don't know where to start.
Thanks!

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Question 70598: Hi, I'm studying for a test, and I need help with this problem.
Find all real solutions (a,b are positive constants)
10a%5E2x%5E2-2abx-36b%5E2=0
I know that it needs to be solved by factoring, completing the square, or the quadratic formula, but don't know where to start.
Thanks!

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Question 70596: what happens to a second degree when a, b, and c changes?
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Question 70642: Use a quadratic Equation to find two numbers whose sum is 5 and whose product is -24
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Question 70614: solve -3x+y=6
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Question 70650: whats the answers
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Question 70653: (x-5)(9x+4)=(3x-2)^2
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Question 70794: Solve the equation by extracting square roots:
(x +5)^2 = (x + 4)^2
My answer is x = -9/2 and I am not sure it is correct. I squared both sides and then used x-5 on each side of the equation and -x-4.
left side was 2x = -9 then I divided 2 into each side leaving x = -9/2. Is this the correct way to complete this equation? and is this the correct answer/

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Question 70804: x(squared)-18x-40=0
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Question 70739: in y=ax^2+bx+c i understand that b is a strong determinant of the x-intercepts of the curve, but can you explain that more to me? and please give examples if possible!
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Question 70880: 1)3x² + 5x – 12 = 0
2)2x² + 2x – 1 = 0

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Question 70858: Hi, I am studying for a test and could really use some help with this problem. I know that I can use either the quadratic equation, completing the square, or factoring.
x%5E2%2Bm%5E2=2mx%2B%28nx%29%5E2
Thank you so much for your help!

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Question 70906: State expression x+1/(x+5) as partial fractions and determine the
values of the constant.
Please help me solve the problem.

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Question 70919: State expression x+1/x(x+5) as a partial fractions and determine the values of constans.
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Question 70974: Problem#20
Find the distance between each pair of points.
(-3,0) and (4,0)
Problem#48
Use the pythagoran theorem to determine the length of each line segment. Where appropriate, round to the nearest hundredth.
in the diagram the points it has are (1,-1) and (3,2)

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Question 71116: How do i put this equation in with the Quadratic Formula? I know the formula, but i do not know what to do with the fractions. Can you show me the work also?
1+(2/x)+(5/x^2)=0

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Question 71129: Given a line containing the points (1,3), (2,4), (3,5) determine the slope-intercept form of the equation, give one additional point on this line and graph the function.
Equation of line in slope-intercept form f(x) =

Show your work here:
Give one additional point in (x,y) form that would fall on this line: (4,6)
Graph the function:

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Question 71221: I have been trying to figure this out for two days and I am stuck. I have been through my text book and web site but I just don;t get it, can you help?
the question is not from a text book
thnks

Suppose a baseball is shot up from the ground straight up with an initial velocity of 64 feet per second. A function can be created by expressing distance above the ground, s, as a function of time, t. This function is s = -16t2 + v0t + s0
· 16 represents 1/2g, the gravitational pull due to gravity (measured in feet per second2).
· v0 is the initial velocity (how hard do you throw the object, measured in feet per second).
· s0 is the initial distance above ground (in feet). If you are standing on the ground, then s0 = 0.
a) What is the function that describes this problem?
Answer:





b) The ball will be how high above the ground after 1 second?
Answer:
Show work in this space.





c) How long will it take to hit the ground?
Answer:
Show work in this space.





d) What is the maximum height of the ball? What time will the maximum height be attained?
Answer:

Show work in this space.


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Question 71236: 4) John has 300 feet of lumber to frame a rectangular patio (the perimeter of a rectangle is 2 times length plus 2 times width). He wants to maximize the area of his patio (area of a rectangle is length times width). What should the dimensions of the patio be, and show how the maximum area of the patio is calculated from the algebraic equation.
Show clearly the algebraic steps which prove your dimensions are the maximum area which can be obtained. Use the vertex formula to find the maximum area.
Answer:
Show work in this space.

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