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Question 636567: a swimmers speed in the direction of flow of river is 16km/hr .Against the direction of flow of river, the swimmers speed is 8km/hr .calculate the swimmers speed in still water and the velocity of flow of the river.
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Question 636903: Jimmy is having speaker wire run in his family room. To install the speaker wire, one company charges $85 plus $0.20 per foot of wire used. If Jimmy needs the cost of installation to remain below $95, how many feet of wire can he have installed?

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Question 636902: Copy Cats charges a $21 surcharge for a batch of colored copies plus $0.15 per page. Heritage Printing charges a $25.50 surcharge for a batch of colored copies plus $0.12 per page. How many pages of colored copies would make Heritage Printing cheaper than Copy Cats?
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Question 636944: If 6 people can cut 3820 square feet of shrubs in 1 hour, how many square feet can be cut by 8 people in 2 hours?
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Question 636952: If you're driving 45 mph and you have to go 16 miles, how many minutes until you arrive?
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Question 637051: I cannot figure out how this is done: "you need a piece of lumber 5' 11" long. How much will you have left over if you cut what you need from a piece 8' 3" long"
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Question 637067: In the following sum the same two numbers are needed. When they are added or multiplied together, they form the answer for (a) and (b) .
(a) +. = 2.7
(b). X. = 1.8

Can anyone help me with the following i just cant seem to work it out thanks
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Question 637069: In the following sum the same two numbers are needed. When they are added or mutliplied together, they form the answers for (a) and (b). I need to work out what theose numbers are

(a) ............+........... = 2.7
(b) ............x........... = 1.8

Can anone help me with the following I just cnat seem to get it thanks

I have already submitted this question but my email address was wrong
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Question 637420: All bachelors are handsome.
Some bachelors do not drink lemonade.
Therefore, some handsome men do not drink lemonade.
vaild or not valid
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Question 637468: 1. The perimeter of a square is 56 meters. Find the length of one side?

Thank You
email address: alsmithky67@windstream.net
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Question 637502: I need help with this word problem. One side of a triangle is 1 inch longer than the shortest side and is 1 inch shorter than the longest side. The perimeter is 17 inches. Find the measurement of each of the sides of the triangle.
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Question 637519: PLEASE HELP ME! ASAP. Find all the numbers such that the sum of the number and 36 is greater than five times the number.
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Question 637599: Round 9,856 to the nearest hundred
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Question 637670: if 12 horses can feed in a field for 12 months. How many can feed in 1 month. please show the work.
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Question 637684: What is the area of a triangle with a base of 3 2/3 and a height of 3/7?
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Question 637769: If n varies directly as the square of m and n = 225 when m = 5, what is the value of n when m = -8?
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Question 637773: If y varies directly as z and y = 192 when z = 12, what is the value of y when z = 17?

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Question 637773: If y varies directly as z and y = 192 when z = 12, what is the value of y when z = 17?

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Question 637993: A circular garden twenty feet in diameter is surrounded by a path three feet wide. what is the area of the path?
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Question 637992: A certain type of linoleum cost $1.50 per square yard. If a room measures 27 feet by 14 feet, what will be the cost of covering it with lithoneum?
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Question 638096: PLEASE HELP ASAP!! carlos works at an electronics store selling computer equipment. he can earn a bonus if he sells $10,000 worth of computer equipment this month. So far this month, he has sold $4,000 worth of computer equipment. He hopes to sell additional laptop computers for $800 each to reach his goal. The function f(x)= 800 x + 4000 represents Carlos's total sales as a function of the number of laptop computers he can sell
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Question 638333: Ron earned $27.30 working 6 1/2 hours. How much would he earn working 20 hours?
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Question 638349: It took 30 employees x amount of days to make 3600 shirts. It took 10 more employees an extra 10 days to make 7200 more shirts than the others. How many days total did it take to make the shirts?
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Question 638378: The yearly production of a 5 foot orange tree is 42 pounds of oranges. A 15 foot tree produces 72 pounds. Let h represent the height of an orange tree and p the number of pounds of oranges produced.
List the ordered pairs (h,p)
1. What is the ordered pair for the first tree?
(5,42) ( did this part )
2. What is the second ordered pair?
(15,72)
3. Find the slope form of an equation of the line through the two ordered pairs.
a) p=3h+27
b) p-5=1/3(h-42)
c) p-42=3(h-5)
d) p-42=-3(h-5)

Use the equation above.
4. What is the predicted production of an 18 foot tree?
5. What is the predicted production of a 20 foot tree?
6. What is the predicted height in feet that produces 88 pounds of oranges?
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Question 638453: A family has two cars. The first car has a fuel efficiency of 20 miles per gallon of gas and the second has a fuel efficiency of 25 miles per gallon of gas. During one particular week, the two cars went a combined total of 925 miles, for a total gas consumption of 40 gallons. How many gallons were consumed by each of the two cars that week?
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Question 638478: candy sells for $24 per pound, 400 pieces needed. How much would this cost?
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Question 638374: A wire of length 16 inches is to be cut into two pieces; then each piece will be bent to form a square. Find the length of the two pieces assuming that the sum of the areas of the two squares is 10 square inches.
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Question 638743: How do I solve this problem a running back caries the ball five times. Find total yardage if the carries were 9,-4,-1,13,and 7 yards.
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Question 638689: the dimension of the box is 3cm by 5cm by 8cm, what function modeled its volume?
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Question 638688: the volume of a cube is modeled by f(x) = 8x^3 - 12x^2 + 6x - 1. what is the length of its side?
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Question 638880: The denominator of the fraction 4/21 is increased by an amount so that the value of the resulting fraction is 2/13. Determine the amount by which the denominator was increased.
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Question 638924: A photograph is 10 inches long and 8 inches wide. It is surrounded by a border of uniform width. If the border and photo together occupy and area of 168 square inches, how wide is the border?
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Question 638910: The half-life of a certain radioactive material is 32 days. An initial amount of the material has a mass of 361 kg. Write an exponential function that models the decay of this material. Find how much radioactive material remains after 5 days. Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.
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Question 639022: The base of a triangle is 8cm greater than the height. The area of the triangle is 120 square centimeters. Find the height&base of the triangle
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Question 639081: A shirt shop has 112 orders for t-shirt designs. Three designers can make 12 shirts in 2 hours. How many designers are needed to complete the orders in 8 hours?
I am not a math person, at all. I would be very much obliged if whoever can solve this problem would explain it to me in a VERY simple way. :)
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Question 639211: How do i figure what size box i need to ship 4 pieces that are 4 ft long and 8 inches wide??
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Question 639211: How do i figure what size box i need to ship 4 pieces that are 4 ft long and 8 inches wide??
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Question 639286: PLEASE HELP! ASAP Mrs. Howell, your science teacher, overheard two of her students talking about how to convert temperatures from celsius to farenheit and vice versa. The students said they knew there was a formula, but they did not remember what it was it was. Mrs. Howell remarked to you that if they just knew about the freezing point and boiling point of water for each temperature scale, the formula could be easily be "rediscovered." Mrs. Howell has asked you to write a explanation for how to find the formula, showing all of your calculations. Mrs. Howell also wants you to include an explanation of each of the parts of the formula. ( Don't forget to include the formula for celsius to farenheit and the formula for farenheit to celsius.)
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Question 639469: I am having a lot of trouble with this word problem in my Advanced 12th Grade Algebra class. I've studied back in the book, asked my parents to help, and worked it over and over, and I just can't get it. If someone could help me as soon as possible, I would really appreciate it! Thanks! :)
"The total curb weight5 of a Toyota Tundra truck, a Ford Mustang car, and a Smart For Two car is 11,150 lb. The weight of a Mustang is 5 lb less than the weight of two Smart For Two cars. The Tundra weighs 2135 lb more than the Mustang. What is the curb weight of each vehicle?"
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Question 639527: A mom here trying to understand and help her child!!
How do you set up and answer this world problem.
For the question below, first write the equation or inequality in the first blank, then perform the calculation and record your answer in the second blank.
Your current grades in Algebra I are 74, 88, 87 and 83. What grade do you need on the next test to raise your averag to at least 85?
__________________________
__________________________

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Question 640092: Donivan tech offered a fulltime management position with a contract that offers a yearly salary of $50,310 and 3 weeks paid vacation. since a salaried position does not pay hourly rate, sharon will not be paid for hours worked above 40 hours per week. Sharon estimates that she will work an average of 45 hours per week when she considers travel time for the 45-mile round trip communte to work, and the extra work committment required for managers. Federal and state taxes, as well as our taxable income brackers, often vary, but Sharon estimates her payroll deductions will be 17% of her gross salary. what would her gross earning be per week and hourly wage for a 45 hour work week
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