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Question 391583: If i have a round rug in a square room which measures 100 square feet. how many square feet does rug cover?

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Question 391577: Hello Wonderful Person,
I am having a problem with a word algebra problem, that their are similar ones posted, but my answers just do not seem to be correct, so I would appreciate any feedback you are willing to give me. The problem is The number n, in millions, of hearing impaired individuals of age x, can be approximated by n=0.00006x^3+0.006x^2-0.1x+1.5. To the nearest million the number of hearing impaired individuals of ages 40 and 55 are,
Here is how I did it,
n=0.00006x^3+0.006x^2-0.1x+1.5
n=0.00006x(55)^3+0.006x(55)^2-0.1x(55)+1.5
answer 18.8 million
For the 45 age people I got 19.5 million persons
My answers just seem wrong somehow, but I think plugging in the numbers is correct!
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Question 391884: Cryptic Math

P
Q R
S
T U
V W X

1. Each letter stands for one of the numbers 1 - 9.
2. S + Q = V and S is smaller than Q.
3. P = R + U.
4. In one of the diagonals, all 3 numbers are perfect squares.
5. In one of the two diagonals, (P, T, X or R, T, V) the 3 numbers are in ascending order when read from top to bottom, and each is evenly divisible by the same number, a number larger than 1.

WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS?

can you explain this process?

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Question 391903: do m and n vary directly, inversely, or neither.
m -3 4 10
n -12 16 40
if m and n vary directly or inversely, write a formula to express the relationship between them. if there is no relation, explain why.

can someone explain this to me. i dont understand this table at all. please help!
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Question 391923: In Sacramento, the temperature at noon was 35 degrees Celsius (C). What was the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit (F)? (F=9/5C+32)
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Question 391904: What are the steps to reach the fraction answer to P=2L+2W for L?
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Question 391939: To calculate a colleague's graduation, the m workers in an office agreed to contribute equally to a catered lunch that costs a total of y dollars. If p of the coworkers fail to contribute, which of the following represents the additional amount, in dollars that each of the remaining coworkers must contribute to pay for the lunch?

A: y/m
B: y/(m-p)
C: (py)/(m-p)
D: (y(m-p))/m
E: (py)/(m(m-p))

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Question 391935: Weston High School Enrollment
Year Number of Students Enrolled
1992 x
1993 1552
1994 1238
1995 1459
1996 1351

This table shows student enrollment at Weston High School from 1992 through 1996. If the median enrollment for the five years was 1351, and no two years had the same enrollment, what is the greatest possible value for x?
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Question 391964: Last week Jones Inc. sold 42 bikes. This week sales increased by about 16.7%. How many bikes did Jones Inc. sell this week?

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Question 391975: RATINGS OF CAR ENGINE OIL Rating 10W 15W 20W
Relative Speed of Flow
Half as fast as 5W oil
Half as fast as 10W oil
Half as fast as 15W oil

According to the table above ,car engine oil with a rating of 5w flows how many times as fast as car engine oil with a rating of 20w ?
A)2 B) 4 C) 8 D) 16 E) 32
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Question 391973: Alice and Corinne stand back-to-back. They each take 10 steps in opposite directions away from each other and stop. Alice then turns around, walks toward Corinne, and reaches her in 17 steps. The length of one of Alice�s steps is how many times the length of one of Corinne�s steps? (All of Alice�s steps are the same length and all of Corinne�s steps are the same length.)
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Question 392017: At Carol's diner, 2 hamburgers and 3 glasses of milk cost $4.95. At the same diner, 3 hamburgers and 4 glasses of milk cost $7.03. What is the cost of one glass of milk?
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Question 392113: A colony of microbes doubles in number
every second. A single microbe is placed in a jar, and
in an hour the jar is full. When was the jar half full?
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Question 392018: It takes a crew 1 hour and 30 minutes longer to go 12 miles upstream than to return. Find their rate in still water if the rate of the current is 2mph.
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Question 392146: Maria bought seven boxes. A week later half of her boxes were destroyed ina fire.There are now only 22 boxes left. With how many did she start with?
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Question 392142: I have 3 exam scores 44, 84, and 71 for total exam points of 199. My term paper score is 37 and homework score is 33 total points 269. In this class there are possible 400 points. What is my semester agerage?
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Question 392216: 15. Devi saves 2/5 of her pocket money each week, spends � of the remainder on ice-cream and 70 cents on sweets. She finds that she still has 50 cents left. How much money does receive each week?
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Question 392227: David has 50 employees. Blue collar workers make $600 per week and white collar workers make $1000 per week. David's payroll is $42,000. David has how many white collar workers?
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Question 392459: a rectangular sheet of plywood is seven times longer than it is wide. Write and simplify an expression for the perimeter of the rectangular in terms of the width w.
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Question 392213: 19. A motorist travelled 115 km on an expressway at an average speed of 92 km/h and another 45 minutes on the other roads. If the average speed for his whole journey was 80 km/h, how far did he travel on the other road?
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Question 392372: If 1.5 milligrams of a medicine is to be
given for 10 lb of body weight, how many milligrams
should be given to a child who weighs 47 lb?
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Question 392650: a cab driver typically receives 15% of the fare charges as a tip. To earn a total of $30 in tips, about how much would a driver need to collect in fares.
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Question 392643: please help me solve this 2482= P+P(7%)(10)
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Question 392624: when 1.783 is rounded to the nearest whole number, the result is how much greater than when 1.783 is rounded to the nearest tenth ?
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Question 392623: In an election, 2.8 million votes were cast and each vote was for either Candidate I or Candidate II. Candidate I received 28,000 more votes than Candidate II. What percent of the 2.8 million votes were for Candidate I?
(A) 50.05% (B) 50.1% (C) 50.5% (D) 51% (E) 55%
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Question 392594: If a dental survey of 360 students at RPHS revealed that 135 of them had two or more cavities. If the total school enrollment is 1250, about how many students would you expect to have two or more cavities?
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Question 392596: In a random survey, 240 homeowners in each of towns A and B were asked if they used water softner. 80 in town A and 66 in town B said they did. In which town should a manufacturer of water sofnter concentrate their sales efforts if the population of town A is 8430 and town B is 7856?
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Question 392709: Been 30 years since I used algebra. If I can dig 1.86 feet of dirt in 60 seconds how many minutes would it take to dig 4 feet of dirt? Thank you for your help!
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Question 392683: Twice one number plus a second number is 42, and the first number minus the second number is -6. Find the two numbers.
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Question 392722: Could someone help me with this problem. I am confused and do not understand it.
On Monday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 492 hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was three times the number of hamburgers sold. How many hamburgers were sold on Monday?
Thank you so much.
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Question 392735: Could someone help me I am confused and do not know how to work this out. I have to solve for v and round to the nearest tenth.
13/11=v/7
Thank you so much
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Question 392748: I hope someone can help me I am to for v and round to the nearest tenth. I am lost I do not know how to do this.
v/9=8/13
Thank you so very much
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Question 392739: Could someone show me how to work this problem out. I am confused and do not understand.
Ivan drove 204 miles using 9 gallons of gas. At this rate, how many gallons of gas would he need to drive 306 miles?
Thank you so much
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Question 392751: Can someone help me I do not know how to do this could you show me step by step please.
I have to fill in the blank to make the expression a perfect square.
u^2+2u+__
Thank you so much
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Question 392746: I hope someone can help me I do not know how to work this out I have to solve for x and simplify as much as possible
-7-3x<5
Thank you so very much
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Question 392782: The length of a rectangle is six times its width.
If the area of the rectangle is 486yd^2 , find its perimeter
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Question 392684: The perimeter of a quadrilateral (four sided polygon) is 29 inches. The longest side is twice as long as the shortest side. The other two sides are equally long and are 2 inches longer than the shortest side. Find the length of all the sides.

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Question 392791: The perimeter of a rectangular field is 294 yards. If the length of the field is 86 yards, what is its width?
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Question 393238: Multiply
(x - 3)(x + 5)
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Question 393269: If one painter charges a base price of $250 plus $16/hr and another painter charges a base price of $210 plus $18/hr how many hours does it take for them to be the same? I know the answer is 20 hours but how would you set it up to come up with 20 hours?
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Question 393285: If the perimeter of a rectangular picture frame must be less than 240 in., and the width is 28 in., what must the height of the frame be?
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Question 393450: Some pigs and horses are waiting or an elevator. Each pig weighs 250 pounds and each horse weighs 300 pounds. There are a total of 7 creatures and since their total weight is 2000, the can all just fit on the elevator. How many of each animal is there?
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Question 393447: A particular farm has cows and ducks. There are a total of 79 heads and 212 legs. How many cows are there and how many ducks are there?
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