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Question 429774: I am wondering if someone is running on a treadmill for 30 seconds @ 15km/h how many meters is that person running?
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Question 429772: A jewler has two bars of gold alloy in stock, one 12 carets and the other 18 carters (24 carat gold is pure gold, 12 carat gold is 12/24 pure, 18-carat gold is 18/24 pure and so on). How many grams of each alloy must be mixed to obtain 10 grams of 14-carat gold?
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Question 429815: What kind of angle is formed when the clock shows 10 minutes after 12
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Question 429816: A soda machine contains $3.00 in nickels and dimes. If the number of dimes is 5 more than twice the number of nickels, how many coins of each type are there?

I am completely at a loss for understanding how to solve word problems. Can you help, please? Thank you!
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Question 429834: The sum of two numbers is 64. Twice the smaller number is 10 less than the larger number. Find the numbers.
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Question 429849: JAY RECEIVED 3 POINTS FOR EACH QUESTION HE ANSWERED CORRECTLY ON PART 1 OF A TEST AND 2 POINTS FOR EACH QUESTION HE ANSWERED CORRECTLY IN PART 2. IF HE ANSWERED 33 QUESTIONS CORRECTLY AND RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 85 POINTS, HOW MANY QUESTIONS DID HE ANSWER CORRECTLY IN PART 1?
PLEASE HELP ME WITH THE EQUASION
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Question 429939: in a triangle ABC, angle B is 5 times angle A and angle c is 3 degress less than 4 times angle a.
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Question 429946: Hi there, I would appreciate some help with the next problem:
Kristal can wax a floor in 16 minutes. One day her friend Perry helped her and it only took 5.76 minutes. How long would it take Perry to do it alone?
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Question 429952: Translate to an algebraic expression. Use x and y for any variables. two less than a product of two numbers
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Question 430018: A truck sprang a leak at the bottom of its radiator,
which held 480 ounces of fluid when it started to leak,
and started losing radiator fluid at a constant rate of
4 ounces per minute. Suppose that the radiator
continued to leak at this constant rate and that the
truck, traveling at 35 miles per hour, could continue
traveling at this rate until its radiator was completely
empty. In how many miles would the radiator be
empty?
F. 13.7
G. 17.5
H. 35.0
J. 70.0
K. 120.0
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Question 430121: the average of 54,61,70,and 75 is
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Question 430121: the average of 54,61,70,and 75 is
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Question 430123: 2 feet 4 inches + 4 feet 8 inches
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Question 430164: 1 hour 20 minutes + 3 hours 30 minutes
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Question 430229: The sum of two numbers is 64. Twice the smaller number is 10 less than the larger number. Find the numbers.
"I can set up the first sentence but the second one gets me confused!"
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Question 430228: The sum of two numbers is 50. One number is 5 less than 4 times the other number. Find the numbers.
"I get stuck right at the beginning, because I'm not sure whether I use 2 variableas or just one! I know how to set up the first sentence, but the second one confuses me. "
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Question 430275: an experience bricklayer requires 20 h to complete a job. after the bricklayer and an apprentice work for 12 h, the bricklayer moves to another job. the apprentice requires 12 more hours to finish the job. how long would it have taken the apprentice working alone to do the job?
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Question 430330: The number of tickets sold each day for an upcoming performance od Handel's Messiahis given by N(x)=-0.6x^2+18x+14, where x is the number of days since the concert first was announced.When will daily tickets peak and how many will be sold that day?
Pls help...ASAP.
thanks
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Question 430329: An opinion poll is to be conducted among cable TV viewers. Eight multiple-choice questions, each with four possible answers, will be asked. In how many different ways can a viewer complete the poll if exactly one response is given to each question?

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Question 430515: Number of students rented a car for $160 for one week. Another student joined in and each person share was reduced by 8 dollars. How many students in the original group.
is the formula i used, but it comes out to a fraction. I used x to represent the number of students. Thanks for any help.
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Question 430635: 1 hour 20 minutes + 3 hours 30 minutes
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Question 430634: if you have 5 red chickens, 17 white chickens, three black chickens, and one spotted chicken, what percent is white chickens? I figured it would be approximately 74%. But the answer is 65. Can you show me how this is, please?
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Question 430751: the current I in an electrical conductor varies inversely as the resistance R of the conductor. If the current is 1/2 ampere when the resistance is 240 ohms, what is the current when the resistance is 540 ohms?
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Question 430858: A coin box has $3.25 consisting of nickels and dimes. The number of dimes is 5 less than twice the number of nickels. How many of each kind are in the box?
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Question 430888: I have 5 calls persecond, Each call lasts 95 seconds, How long will it take before 560 ports are used so that no more calls can be placed.
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Question 430866: John bought a radio for $120. He paid his bill with two dollar bills and five dollar bills. If there were 30 bills in all how many of each were there?
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Question 430937: How do I go about solving this word problem: A jeweler has three small solid speres made of gold, of radius 2mm, 3mm, and 4mm. She decides to melt these down and make just one spere out of them. What will the radius of this larger spere be?
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Question 431057: the formula for the volume of a cone is V=1/3Bh. If the Volume, V, is 15 cubic centimeters and the height, h, is 5 centimeters, find the base, B, of this cone.
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Question 431119: A rock is thrown from the top of a tall building. The distance d, in feet, between the rock and the ground t seconds after it is thrown is given by
d= -16t^2-4t+432. How long after the rock is thrown is it 300 feet from the ground?
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Question 431124: what is the estimated product when 157 and 817 are rounded to the nearest hundred and multiplied?
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Question 431220: Translate to an algebraic expression.
four less than ten times a number
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Question 431222: simplify
75/80
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Question 431225: Classify each inequality as either true or false.
5 ≤ −5

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Question 431249: Translate to an algebraic expression.
The product of 5 and c.

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Question 431249: Translate to an algebraic expression.
The product of 5 and c.

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Question 431250: Evaluate.
x � 3, for x = 4

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Question 431133: Allyson, Bethany and Corey have a window washing business and are regularly hired by a strip mall owner. They have found that together they can finish the job in 6 hours less time than when Allyson works alone, 1 hour less than when Bethany works alone, and in � the time than when Corey works alone. The next time they need to wash the windows, only Allyson and Bethany will be able to work. How long will it take them?
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Question 431416: x**2 - 6 x - 91 = 0
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Question 431415: t**3 - 2 t**2 -48 t = 0
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Question 431489: One number is 3 more than another number. The sum of their reciprocals is 1/2. what are the numbers?
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Question 431487: One number is 5 times as large as another. The sum of their reciprocals is 3/5. What are the numbers?
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Question 431556: Six pounds of grass seed covers 150 square feet. My lawn is 200 square feet. How much do I need
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