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Question 1129295: Could someone please help explain how to solve for the years:

The population of a small town is modeled by the equation
P = 1650e^0.5t where t is measured in years. In approximately how many years will the town's population reach 20,000? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

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Question 1129296: The top three sources of oil imports for the United States in the same year were Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and Canada. The three top countries accounted for 45% of oil imports. The United States imported 1.8 percentage points more from Saudi Arabia than they did from Mexico, and 1.3 percentage points more from Saudi Arabia than they did from Canada. What percent of the United States oil imports were from these three countries? (Round your answers to one decimal place.)

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Question 1129353: Greg is 22 years older than his sister Linda. In 3 years, he will be twice as old as Linda. How old is each of them now?
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Question 1129372: Carols father was 24 years old when carol was born now he is four times as old as carol how old is carol and her father
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Question 1129390: Can someone please help explain how to solve the problem:
A pot of boiling soup with an internal temperature of 100� Fahrenheit was taken off the stove to cool in a 69�F room. After fifteen minutes, the internal temperature of the soup was 93�F.
To the nearest minute, how long will it take the soup to cool to 81�F?
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Question 1129404: Andrei has two siblings. His brother is 3 years older and is sister is two years younger. How old is Andrei if the ratio between his brother�s age and his sister�s age is <2
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Question 1129442: Leo is three times older than Mark. If the sum of their ages is 32, then how old is Mark?
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Question 1129442: Leo is three times older than Mark. If the sum of their ages is 32, then how old is Mark?
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Question 1129483: Claire�s three sons, from oldest to youngest, are Evan, Joel and Alex. The
difference between the ages of Evan and Joel is the same as the difference
between the ages of Joel and Alex. If the sum of the three ages is 39, how old is
Joel?
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Question 1129546: julius is 96 years old. he is twice as old sean was, when julius was as old as sean. how old is sean now?
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Question 1129578: David has two younger sisters,Jane and Sally. Jane is 2 years older than Sally and David is 4 times older than Jane. Sally is z years old.
Write two equivalent expressions that represent David's age in terms of Sally's age, z, and explain how the two expressions relate to one another.
Which expression is more useful? Why?

I am in IEP and I don't understand half of my math. Hope you can help me. Thank You
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Question 1129638: Amanda is 5 years older than Peter and Sam is 3 years younger than Peter.If the sum of their ages is 50, find their respective ages.

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Question 1129639: Amanda is 5 years older than Peter and Sam is 3 years younger then Peter.If the sum of their ages is 50,find their respective ages.

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Question 1129639: Amanda is 5 years older than Peter and Sam is 3 years younger then Peter.If the sum of their ages is 50,find their respective ages.

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Question 1051266: If Jack's age is three years more than twice Tina's age,t, then which of the following represents the sum of their ages in terms of t
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Question 1129692: Clyde's age is 11 years more than thrice Bonnie's age. If the product of their ages is 60, how old is clyde?
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Question 1129692: Clyde's age is 11 years more than thrice Bonnie's age. If the product of their ages is 60, how old is clyde?
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Question 1129692: Clyde's age is 11 years more than thrice Bonnie's age. If the product of their ages is 60, how old is clyde?
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Question 1129703: mr. valdez is twice as old as his son. 8 years ago, he was 4 times as old as his son. what are the present ages of the father and the son?

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Question 1129766: Sam is three times as old as Steve. In 8 years, he will be twice as old.
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Question 1129766: Sam is three times as old as Steve. In 8 years, he will be twice as old.
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Question 1129856: Manu's age is 6 times Binu's age. 15 years hence Manu will be 3 times as old as Binu. Find Binu's age ?
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Question 1129907: When I am as old as sue is now, sue will be 4 years older than I am now. How much older is sue than I? Please if you can explain how you got it because I'm having a hard time with it and I would like to understand. Thank you!
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Question 1129930: john is three times the age of melissa. six years ago, the sum of their ages was 48. how old are they now?
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Question 1129922: Anna is 3 years older than her sister, Beverly. Anna's brother, Chuck, is 8 years younger than Beverly. Together the sum is 55.
b) Solve the equation for n (Anna's age)

c) What are their ages?
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Question 1129933: sally has money in two accounts. one account pays 5% interest, whereas the other pays 11% annual interest. if she has $400 more invested at 11% than she does at 5% and her total interest for a year is $172, how much does she have in each account?
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Question 1129909: Last year, at Haven's Pond Car Dealership, for a particular model of BMW, Jeep, and Toyota, one could purchase all three cars for a total of $140,000. This year, due to inflation, the same cars would cost $151,830. The cost of the BMW increased by 9%, the Jeep by 5%, and the Toyota by 11%. If the price of last year's Jeep was $7,000 less than the price of last year's BMW, what was the price of each of the three cars last year? (Round your answers to the nearest integer.)
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Question 1129885: my grandson is about as many days as my daughter in weeks and my grandson is as many months as I am am in years. My grandson,my daughter and I together are 120years.tell me my age in years
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Question 1129966: Jack is nine years older than Tina. Jack is four times as old as Ali was three year ago. Ali is eighteen years younger than Jack. how old is tina
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Question 1129974: Please help me solve this word problem : Three years ago a woman was 3 times as old as the daughter. Their total age now is 46 years. How old was the daughter three years ago?
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Question 1129987: jason is 22 years older than his sister Kate. In 14 years, he will be twice as old as Kate. How old is each of them now?

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Question 1130054: Emily is 62 years old. Colin is 6 years older than Emily. Dan is 4 years younger than Emily. What is the total of their combined ages?
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Question 1130072: Jack is twice as old as Harry. Harry is twice as old as Hannah. Altogether, they are 63 years old. How old is Harry?
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Question 1130112: Katie is 5 times older then sal a . Their total age is 18 years. In x years time sal a will be half of Katie's age. How old would Katie and sal a be in x amount of years
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Question 1130157: A man is 8 years older than his wife and 6 times as old as his son. When the son was born, the age of the wife was four-fifth of her husband. Find the age of the sun now.
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