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Question 58689: Simplity (sqrt7)(sqrt14) my answer 9.89494937
Simpilfy 5(sqrt5)-(sqrt20) my answer 6.708203932 is not right.
Simplify (sqrt5)(sqrt3) my answer 3.87298346
Determine whether (121)^1/3 is rational or irrational. This is the 3rd root of 121.
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Question 59291: Marta's mother is 5 times as old as Marta. Marta's mother is 25. How old is Marta?
In a few years, Marta's mother will be 3 times as old as Marta. How old will Marta be then?
How old will Marta's mother be?
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Question 60551: if you add5 to the sum of bubba's age and his poppa's age the total is 48. bubba's poppa is 5 years less than 3 times the age of bubba. how old is bubba and his poppa?
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Question 60549: if you add5 to the sum of bubba's age and his poppa's age the total is 48. bubba's poppa is 5 years less than 3 times the age of bubba. how old is bubba and his poppa?
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Question 61024: HELP! Stabilization ratio. The stabilization ratio (births / deaths) for south and central America can be model by the formula y = -0.0012x^2 + 0.074x + 2.69 where y is the number of births divided by the number of deaths in the year 1950 + x.
a. Use the graph to estimate the year in which the stabilization was at its maximum.
b. Use the formula to find the year in which the stabilization ratio was at its maximum.
c. What is the maximum stabilization ratio from part (b)?
d. What is the significance of a stabilization ratio of 1?

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Question 61612: lucy is 4 timew as old as Amy. Three years ago,Lucy was 13 times as old as Amy. How old is Lucy now?
#2 In 18 years, Jenny will be three times as old as she is now. How old is she?
#3 An antique desk is 25 years older than an antique chair. In 15 years, the desk will be 2 times as old as the chair. Find the present age of the furniture.
#4 Steve is twice as old as Sylvia, Sylvia is three years older than Jacob. 4 years ago, Sylvia was twice Jacobs age. How old is Sylvia?
#5 Greg is three times as old as Meg. Ten years from now, Greg's age will be one year more than twice Meg's age at that time. How old are Greg and Meg now?
#6 twenty five years ago, haily was five more than one third as old as jason was. Today, Jason is twenty six less than two times the age of haily. How old is jason now?

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Question 63093: Ten years ago, a person was half as old as he is now. How old is he?
Eight years from now, a person's age will be four-thirds of what it was 6 years ago. How old is the person now?
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Question 63853: please help
For every 210 high school students, there are 5880 people living in the community. If the community has 1325 high school students, how many people live in the community

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Question 64675: Janet kim is now 13 years old, her father is now 31
write an equation stating that jeong is twice as old as janet, then solve it to find out when jeong is twice as old as janet
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Question 65188: Hello I have done 7 out of 10 problems these are giving me some problems.
1 A right tringle has sides of 20cm and 15 cm. What is the length of the hypothenus. Thanks
6 Simply 2(sqrt12)/4(sqrt27). Thanks
10 Find the distance between (4,0 and (-9,0)
Thanks for your help and have a happy Holiday.
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Question 65187: Hello, I am having trouble with these 3 questions, do you think that you could help?
1. A right triangle has sides of 20 cm and 15 cm. What is the length of the hypothenus?
2. Simplify 2(sqrt12) divided by 4(sqrt27)
3. Find the distance between(4,0 and (-9,0)
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Question 65371: A fathers age is 13 times that of his son. In ten years the sons age will be 1/3of his fathers. What is the fathers age? What is the sons age?
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Question 53132: Mr. Hilbert loves word problems and puzzles, so when a U.S census person came to his door looking for information on the make-up of of his family, the following ensued.
Census Person: How many children do you have
Mr. Hilbert: 3
Census person: and what are their ages
Mr. Hilbert: the product of their ages is 72
census person: that's not enough info
Mr. Hilbert: Ok the sum of their ages is the same number on my house
Census person: that's still not enough info.
Mr Hibert: You may find it helpful to know my oldest child likes chocolate pudding.
Census Person: Yes, now I have the ages of your kids
1- Write every combination of numbers whose product is 72-there should be 12-I only found like 6.
2-Find the sum of each combinationfound in part 1
3-Based on the fact that the census person does not know the ages after the info. about the house number, what must the number be.
4-Why does the chocolate pudding info help?
5-What are the ages of Mr. Hilberts children.

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Question 34097: chad has a total of 5 people in his family.
�Sally is Chad's twin sister.
�Chad's sister Hailey is 4 years older than Chad.
�Chad's mother was 24 when chad was born.
�Chad's father is 3 years older than his mother.
1.Write an expression for each family member's age as a function of Chad's age(x).
2.The average age of the 5 family members is 22. Determine the age of chad's sister Hailey.
Please help me as soon as possible... thank you very much!!!

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Question 20833: Chris asked Loretta her age and she said: "My age?" she asked, "You'll have to guess!" "Reverse my age, divide by 3, add 34, my age you'll see!" How old is Loretta?
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Question 16844: My grandfather was x years old in the year x squared. In what year was he born?
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Question 65733: "How old are you?" Alex asked his cousin Gustav one day. "The day before yesterday," replied Gustav, "I was twice as old as my sister, but next year I will be three times as old as she is now." How old is Gustav? When is his birthday? On what day did this conversation take place? How old is Gustav's sister?
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Question 65853: Reymart is 5 times as old as Jonel in 9 years, Reymart will twice as old as Jonel. What are their ages now?
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Question 66635: What was the age 75 + population of Europe in 1995?
:
Population (in thousands)
1950 : 1970 : 1995
Age 0-14 : 143,175 : 166,367 : 139,464
:
Age 15-64 : 359,162 : 421,432 : 487,110
:
Age 65 + : 44,981 : 68,642 : 101,338
:
Age 75 + : 14,553 : 22, 762 : 38,139
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Total : 547,318 : 656,441 : 727,912
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What was the percentage increase in the age 75 + population of Europe from 1970 to 1995?
a)67.6%
b)63.4%
c)68.9%
d)65.1%
Any help with these two questions is greatly appreciated. Thanks

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Question 67171: The four Baldwin Brothers have a total age of 136 and their ages are represented by consecutive odd intergers. What are the ages of all four brothers?
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Question 67558: mikes age is three -fourths of marys age. in five years mikes age will be 7/9 marys age . how old is mike now?
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Question 67795: Harold was 5 years older than phidella. In 10 years he found that 4 times his age exceeded twice phidella's age by only 50. How old were Harold and Phidella in the beginning?
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Question 70780: Harold is twiCE AS OLD as jack,who is three years older than dan.if harolds age is five times dan age ,how old in years id jack
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Question 71468: How old are they?
Jack's dad is 40. Jack is 14. How old will each of them be when his dad is twice as old as Jack?
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Question 72174: 7 years ago I was 11 times as old as my daughter. Now I am 4 times as old as her. How old am I?
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Question 72176: 7 years ago i was 11 times as old as my daughter. Now i am 4 times as old as her. How old am i?
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Question 72347: Jeanne is three times as old as Michel. The sum of their ages is 20 years. Find out their age now.
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Question 72347: Jeanne is three times as old as Michel. The sum of their ages is 20 years. Find out their age now.
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Question 72517: Ricardo is 4 years less than twice as old as his sister. The sum of their ages is 20. How old is Ricardo?
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Question 73693: Mr. Klinker is 35 and his daugther is 10. In how many years will Mr. Klinker be twice as old as his daugter?

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Question 74272: Marivic is five years older than Michelle. In three years, the product of her age and Michelle's age five years ago will be 90 years. Find their present ages.
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Question 74392: jon is twice as old as his sister, jane, less 4 years. jon is 18 years old. how old is jane?
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Question 74389: Vicki is 1/3 as old as her cousin, chris, plus 5 years. Vicki is 14 years old. how old is chris?
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Question 74397: vicki is 1/3 as old as her cousin, chris, plus 5 years. Vicki is 14 years old. how pld is chris.
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Question 75326: Can you please provide assistance in creating the equation for this problem and also show how to solve this word problem.
Problem: Edmund is 3 years older than Frank. The sum of their ages is nineteen years. How old is each one?

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Question 75413: A baseball dimond is a square whose side measure 90ft.For a home run a player must run around the squre. If a player hits 35 home runs, what is the least number of feet he or she must run.
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Question 75641: The sum of the ages of Mrs Bai and her daughter Jenni is 70. The difference between their ages is 32 years. How old is Jenni?
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Question 27157: the sun of scotts age and his mothers age is 45. in 5 years time, three times scotts age less 9 will be the same as his mothers age. find the present ages of scott and his other.
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Question 76006: Frederique is 2 years older than her brother. 12 years ago she was twice as old as he was. How old are they now?
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Question 76007: Zelma is 18 years older than her son. She was 3 times as old as he was 1 year ago. How old are they now?
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Question 77232: Ricardo is 4 years less than twice as old as his sister. The sum of their ages is 20. How old is Ricardo?
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Question 77874: Beth is 14 years older than Aria. Last Year Beth was three times as old as Aria. How Old is Aria?
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Question 78589: Two years ago a father was four times as old as his son. Three years from now the father will be only three times as old as the son. How old is each now?
{son is yrs., father is yrs.}

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