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Question 330250: Hi,
I'm a little confuse with this one:
(2x exponent 3 y exponent of -3 /x exponent of -2 y exponent of 3) exponent outside of parenthesis -5
(2x3y-3)outside exponent of parenthesis -5
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(x-2y3)
Pls. note the x3 = x with exponent of 3
y-3 = exponent of -3
x-2 = exponent of -2
y3 = expnonent of 3
-5 is outside of entire parenthesis.
Thanks!
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Question 330246: Hello!
the volume of a box is 5p to the 4th power + 32p to the 3rd power +35p to the senond power. The height is p, and the width is p+5. What is the lenght?
Pls.note: the 4th, 3rd and second power are exponenet after the p.
Thank you!

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Question 330421: the perimeter of a rectangle is 200 inches The length exceeds the width by 50 inches. find the length and the width.
the length is ___ in
the width is ____ in
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Question 330442: My daughter needs help on this problem and I am terrible with word problems. Can you help me step by step on this problem so I can show her how to do it.
snookers lumber can convert logs into either lumber or plywood. In a given day, the mill turns out twice as many units of plywood as lumber. it makes a profit of $20 on a unit of lumber and $45 on a unit of plywood How many of each unit must be produced and sold in order to make a profit of $11440?
Snookers Lumber must produce and sell _____ units of lumber and ____ units of plywood to make a profit of $11440.
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Question 330503: A cylindrical jar of diameter 14 cm and depth 20 cm is filled with water.when 300 lead shots of the same size are dropped into the jar.the level of water rises by 2.8 cm .find the diameter of each lead shot
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Question 330536: The area of a rectangle is 27. The length is three times the width. Find the length and width.
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Question 330540: The area of a rectangle is 20. The length is 3 less than twice the width. Find the length and width.
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Question 330527: A metallic sphere of radius of 21/2 cm is melted down and then recast into small cones of radius 7/2 cm and height 3 cm each.how many of such cones can be made.
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Question 330586: A building casts a 200 ft long shadow. At the same time, your shadow is 5ft long. you are 6 ft tall. how tall is the building
a. 6.7 ft
b. 100 ft
c. 166.6 ft
d. 240 ft
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Question 330573: if the cost for materials to make a circular metal disk 3 cm in diameter is $.15, what would be the cost for materials to make a disk of the same thickness but 6 cm in diameter?
would the answer be $.45? Thanks.
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Question 330571: if the height of the cone is tripled and the radius is doubled, then the volume of the new cone is ? times the volume of the original cone.
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Question 330654: The wages of 3 newspaper carriers totaled $108 for 3 weeks work. How much will 4 carriers earn if they work for 4 weeks each at the same weekly rate?
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Question 330657: a piece of cloth measures 2 yards, 1 foot and 4 inches in length, what is the length in feet
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Question 330733: A triangle has a perimeter of 84 inches. its shortest side measures 9 inches shorter than its middle side,and its longest side measures 6inches longer than its middle side. find the lengths of the triangle three sides
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Question 330824: The area of a rectangle is 20. The length is 3 less than the twice the width. Find the length and width.
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Question 330821: The sum of the measures an obtuse angle & an acute angle is 160 . the sum of the complement of the acute angle & 1/2 the supplement of the obtuse angle is 75 .find the measures of two angles.
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Question 330938: Jim has gotten scores of 88 and 69 on his first two test. What score must he get on his thrid test to keep on average of 85 or greater?
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Question 330957: jacqui has grades of 77 and 80 on her first two algebra test. If she wants and average of at least 77. what possible scores can she make on her third test?
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Question 331040: A sphere of radius 2 ft is dropped into a rectangular tank that is 10 ft long and 8 ft wide. To the nearest tenth, how much does this raised the level of water in the tank?
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Question 331139: the measure of the supplement of an angle is 12 degrees greater than three times the measure of a complement. Find the measure of the angle.
180-12 = 3(x) but this does not work. the answer is 51 degrees. I don't know how to get it.
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Question 331263: 1. If one side of a rectangular garden plot is three feet more than three times the other side, and the diagonal is one foot more than the longest side, what is the measure of the shortest side?

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Question 331235: two cylindrical jars, A and B, have diameters 2X cm and 5X cm respectively , initially, B is empty and A contains water to depth of 20 cm .if all the water in A is poured into B, find the height of the water in jar B.
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Question 331469: one gallon of driveway sealant covers an area of 180 square feet. How many gallons of sealant are needed to cover a 360 square feet driveway? Include correct units for your solution.
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Question 331493: An American flag has a perimeter of 28ft. Find the dimensions of the flag if the length is 4 ft less than twice its width.
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Question 331525: The surface area of two cups are in the ratio 9:64 .if the smaller cup has a height of 25 cm and a volume of 2400 cm^3 calculate
a)the height of larger cup.
b)the volume of larger cup.
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Question 331511: ray planted a square garden that covers an area of 200 ft2. how many feet of fencing does he need to surround the garden? thanks for your help.
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Question 331527: The Volume of Two sphere are 108 cm^3 and 32 cm^3.find the ratio of their radii
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Question 331611: How do I figure out the area and perimeter of a area using no more than 40 ft of fence?
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Question 331496: Please help me solve this equation: If the ratio of 1cm = 1m, calculate the width of the container if it has a volume of 2520^3. The container size is 100cm x 100cm x 100cm.
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Question 331762: The perimeter of the state of Wyoming is 1280 mi. The width is 90 mi less than the length. Find the width and the length.
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Question 331949: A wooden cube whose edges are 4 inches is painted green.The cube is then cut into
64 one-inch cubes. How many small cubes have exactly 1 green face?
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Question 332173: The Perimeter of a square is to be between 18 and 52 feet,inclusively Find all possible values for the length of its sides
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Question 332436: A building 80 feet high casts a shadow of 20 feet. A nearby building casts a shadow of 40 feet. How tall is the second building?
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Question 332394: What is the size of an angle whose compliment is 25% of its supplement ?
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Question 332510: A ferris wheel has a diameter of 56 feet and makes 15 revolutions per ride. How far would someone travel during a ride: use 22/7 for pi
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Question 332497: A roll of paper towels is 12 inches long and 6 inches in diameter. To the nearest
whole unit, what is the area of plastic needed to shrink-wrap the roll?

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Question 332495: The volume of rectangular solid with a square base is 216 cubic inches.What is
the least possible surface area for the solid?
(A) 24 in.2 (B) 72 in.2 (C) 216 in.2 (D) 252 in.2 (E) 492 in.2
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Question 332578: If the volume of a cube is 8 cubic units, what is the shortest distance from the center of the cube to the base of the cube?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) √2 (E) 2√2

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Question 332609: One hundred feet of fencing is used to construct two congruent triangular enclosures with no sides in common. If the ratio of the lengths of the sides for each triangle is 2 : 4 : 4, what is the length of the shortest side?
(A) 40 ft (B) 20 ft (C) 15 ft (D) 10 ft (E) 5 ft
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Question 332593: A semicircular window of radius 16 inches is to be laminated with a sunblock coating that costs $0.65 per square inch to apply. What is the total cost of coating the window, to the nearest cent? (Use п = 3.14. Hint: Area of Circle: A = пr2)
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Question 332700: A dairy is required to have a waste holding pond for runoff. Tom plans to build a pond that will be 20 ft by 15 ft. there will be a border of equal length around the pond. the total area of the pond and the border is 500ft. How wide will the border be?
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Question 332729: Initially, a 25-foot ladder rests against a vertical wall such that the top of the
ladder is 24 feet from the ground. Then, Nathan moves the base of the ladder
farther out from the wall so that the top of the ladder slides down until resting
against the wall at a point 20 feet above the ground. Given the wall is
perpendicular to the ground, how far did Nathan move the base of the ladder?

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Question 332730: Charlyn walks completely around the boundary of a square whose sides are exactly 5 km long. From any point on her path she can see exactly 1 km horizontally in all directions. What is the area of the region consisting of all points Charlyn can see during her walk?

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