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Question 122617: Please help me solve this equation!
The product of two consecutive odd integers is 323. Find the numbers.
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Question 122616: Please help me solve this equation!
1.) Find two numbers with a sum of 4 and a product of 13.
answer should be [2+3i] and [2-3i]

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Question 122691: Please help me solve this word problem!!!!

A factory is to be built on a lot that measures 80m by 60m. A lawn of uniform width, equal to the area of the factory, must surround it. How wide is the strip of lawn, and what are the dimensions of the factory?

The answers should be 10m, 60m by 40m.
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Question 122619: Please help me solve this word problem!
A factory is to be built on a lot that measures 80m by 60m. A lawn of uniform width, equal to the area of the factory, must surround it. How wide is the strip of lawn, and what are the dimensions of the factory?
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Question 122744: Please help me solve this equation!

The sum of the squares of two consecutive even integers is 452. Find the numbers.

What formula should be used to solve this?

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Question 122805: If the smallest of the three consecutive integer is added to twice the largest, the result is seven less than four times the middle. Find the nos
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Question 122804: find the two consecutive odd integers such that twice the smaller decreased by the larger equals 53
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Question 123274: The sum of two numbers is 16. Twice the smaller # is 2 more than the larger #.
Find them. ??Can someone please help me.
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Question 123274: The sum of two numbers is 16. Twice the smaller # is 2 more than the larger #.
Find them. ??Can someone please help me.
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Question 124564: The sum of two numbers is 63. The second is 6 more than 2 times the first. What are the two numbers?
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Question 124572: One number is 3 less than twice another number. If the sum of the numbers is 330, find the two numbers. I cannot figure this out. I always come up 3 short on the answer.
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Question 124679: the difference of two numbers is 7. The second is 4 less than 2 times the first.What are the two numbers?
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Question 124624: find the largest two-digit number which is equal to four times the sum of it's digits
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Question 124791: There are some quarters and dimes in a piggy bank. There are 10 more quarters than the number of dimes, and their ratio is 3/2. How many quarters and dimes are there?
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Question 125123: Find three consecutive odd integers whose sum is negative 33.
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Question 125130: Karl's license plate is four consecutive integers with a sum of 26. what is his license plate number?

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Question 125138: Seven less than half a number is 34.
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Question 125142: If four times the sum of a number and 5 is divided by 3, the result is 16
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Question 125400: The sum of the reciprocals of two consecutive even number is 7/24. Find the number...I can't figure out how to do this problem
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Question 125486: The sum of 4 consecutive integers is one more than the third. Find the integers
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Question 125600: If the larger of two numbers is divided by 6 and is subtracted from three times the smaller one, the result is 44. If the smaller nunber is increased by 4, the result is half the larger numbers.Find the numbers.

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Question 125649: A two digit number has its digits sum equal to 11.
If you reverse the digits of this number, the new two digit number is 27 more than the original two digit number.
I know that the original number is 47 and the new digits in reverse is 74 (which is 27 more than the original 47)
My question is a solution, including all algebraic steps to solve this problem.
Thanks
ML
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Question 125929: Peyton had completed 357 passes. This was 62.5% of his attempts. How many attempts did he make? I tried 357= 62.5x
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Question 125927: After losing 30 pounds, an individual weights 110 pound more than 1/3 his previous weight . Find the previous weight of the individual.
I tried X/1/3 + 110
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Question 126290: The tens' digit of a two didgit number is 3 more than the units' digit. The number is 8 more than 6 times the sum of the didgits. Find the number.
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Question 126292: The sum of two numbers is 89. Adding four times the first number to the second number gives 155. What is the number.
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Question 126331: two consecutive numbers have a sum of 71.what are the numbers?i know how to solve it but i was just wondering why when you add 1 to both sides it isn't a 1x isn't it because its not a like term?are you suppose to do that with problems like that
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Question 126289: Ann's age is seven-tenths of Bill's age. In 4 years Ann's age will be eight-elevenths of bill's age. How old is Bill now.
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Question 126259: A bicyclist and a hiker leave the same place at the same time and travel in the same direction. The bicyclist travels three times as fast as the hiker. At the end of 3 hours they are 24 miles apart. How fast does the hiker travel?
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Question 126261: A lever 12 m long balances weights of 48 kg on one end and 24 kg on the other end. Find the lengths of the two arms of the lever?
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Question 126254: A person traveling 4 hour by plane and 25 hour by ship covers 1580 miles. If the speed of the plane had been one-half of the actual speed and speed of the ship had been one-fourth greater, the person would have traveled only 1315 miles in the same length of time. Find the speeds of the plane and the ship.
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Question 126510: If the sum of a number and -3 is doubled the result is 1/2 times the number. Find the number.
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Question 126509: The product of a number and 6 is 5 more than twice the number. Find the number.
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Question 126512: Eight times the sum of a number and -2 is the same as nine times the numbers. Find the number.
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Question 126648: List five odd numbers when added together that equals 32.
We have tried to come up with an answer and have failed miserably. Its for extra points in our math bowl. Its not in our text book. Its a brain teaser. Please help. Thanks.
Breana
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Question 126673: Find three consecutive odd integers whose sum is three times the third integer
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Question 126673: Find three consecutive odd integers whose sum is three times the third integer
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Question 126700: Twice the sum of a number and 8 is 40. Find the number
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Question 126891: Staci earns $9.50 an hour plus 3% commission on all sales made. If her total sales during a 30-hour work week were $500, how much did she earn?
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Question 126896: Evaluate 3x + 7 when x = -3.

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Question 126893: If a = 5/2 then 1/a =

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Question 126895: Find the diagonal of a square whose area is 36
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Question 126894: 12 is 15% of what number?

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Question 126985: FIND THREE CONSECUTIVE ODD INTEGERS.
THREE TIMES THE SECOND MINUS THE THIRD IS ELEVEN MORE THAN THE FIRST?
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Question 127058: The teacher noticed there were fewer than 100 students on the playground. When she counted them by twos, there was one student left over. In fact, when she counted them by threes, fours, fives or sixes there was always one student left over. How many students were on the playground.
Can you please help us with this equation?
We have come up with 97/2 =48.5
I am really not sure if this is the correct way to do this problem.
Thank you
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