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Question 662946: Tom was paid 4.50 an hour fot painting a fence and 6.50 an hour to mowing grass. He worked 7 hours and earned 39.50. How many hours did it take him to paint the fence?

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Question 663079: Given a number such that the product of 2 more than the number times 3 less than the same number is 44. Find the number
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Question 663218: labor at the fix-it auto repair shop are $60 per hour or any fraction therefore find the equation to it.
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Question 663236: write the equation of the line that passes through the point (-5,8) and crosses the x-axis at 2
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Question 663242: write the equation of the line that travels through (1,7) and the origin
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Question 663279: Tommy is building tree house. he needs 18 feet of wooden board.At the lumber store he found boards in size 2ft, 3ft, 6ft and 9feet. find seven different combinations of sizes and pieces of wood that can buy to build the tree house

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Question 663407: The area of a town's square is 14,400 square feet. Find the side length of the square.
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Question 663407: The area of a town's square is 14,400 square feet. Find the side length of the square.
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Question 663425: what is the maximum weight that can be supported by a board 10 ft long 2 inches wide and 2 inches thick?
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Question 663417: Hello, this question loses me, I tried setting this up in a y=x^2+z^2 format and substituting but I get lost very quickly.
QUESTION: "Find two non-negative numbers whose sum is 18.5 and the sum of their squares is a minimum."
I had
x^2+(18.5-x)^2
=x^2+342.25-37x+x^2
=2x^2-37x+342.25
and then I got very lost. Someone suggested I used -b/2a to help me solve but I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do.
Thanks for the help in advance!
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Question 663434: mr smith wants to buy carpet for two bedrooms in his house. one bedroom is shaped like a rectangle and the other is shaped like a square the rectangle shaped bedroom has a length of 14 ft and a width of 11 feet.the square bedroom has a side length of 12 ft. draw a label a diagram for both of Mr. smith's bedrooms?
now how many square feet of carpet will Mr.smith need to buy to carpet both rooms? the cost of the carpet Mr.smith wants is $2.00 for each square foot. how much money will he need to carpet both bedrooms?
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Question 663479: Write the equation of the line of symmetry of the equation f(x) = 2(x-1)^2 - 9
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Question 663517: please help me write this into an equaton: four times the difference of a number and one is equal to six times the sum of the numbber and three.
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Question 663545: Solve problems with two unknown
A telephone cable 98 meters in length is cut into two pieces. If one piece is 22 meters longer than the other, how long are the two pieces?
Thank you.. I want to learn this subject, so I need a clear explanation
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Question 663658: How many 0.75-pound packages can be made with 18 pounds of sunflower seeds?
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Question 663702: A group of small business owners pledge a total of 1,000 a month to beautify the mall. The owners agreed to split the cause equally. When 5 went out of business, the rest had to pay an addition 10 per month each. How many were in the original group?
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Question 663902: At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy, the top medal winner was Germany, which won a total of 29 medals. Germany won 1 more silver medal than gold and 5 more gold medals than bronze. Find the number of each type of medal won. How do I solve this?
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Question 663923: Steven scored a total of 140 points in seven basketball games.what was his average score
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Question 664008: how many hours would it 20 people to deliver 10,000 letters to 10,000 houses?

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Question 664121: if someone could help me that would be great! =)
the population of a bacteria colony starts at 100 & grows by 28% per hr.
a) find a formula for the number of bacteria P after t hrs
b) what is the doubling time for this population so how long does it take the population to double in size
c) what is the continuous growth rate of the colony
thank you idk where to start....
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Question 664149: How many ounces of 50% alcohol solution must be mixed with 60 ounces of a 20% alcohol solution to make a 30% alcohol solution?
i suck at math problems what i came up with was .50 + .20x + 60 = .30
I drew two pics on bottle with 50% but unknown ounces second bottle 20% with 60 ounces and third 30% but unknown ounces
also put X= unknown ounces Im so lost in how to put it together
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Question 664155: The manager of a store selling tea plans to mix a more expensive tea that costs $5 per pound with a less expensive tea that cost $3 per pound to create a 100 pound blend that will sell for $4.50 per pound. how many pound of each type of tea with be required?
I have no idea where to start
please help
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Question 664161: a car traveled at an average rate of 65 miles per hour and then reduced its average rate ro 45 miles per hour for the rest of the trip . if the 180 mile trip took 3 hours, determine how long the car traveled at each rate?
what i came up with was 180-65=115/3 and got 38.33 and 180-45=135/3 = 45 but when i added the two they dont equal the same so im really lost
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Question 664296: a college football game generated $85,732.50 on the sale of 14,910 tickets if student tickets sold for $4.50 and non-student tickets were sold for $9.75 how many of each type of ticket were sold
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Question 664359: what is the estimated product 86 and 721 ?

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Question 664382: Three consecutivve odd numbers, x, x+2, and x+4 add to 189. What are the numbers? You must write an equation to be solved and then solve it to get credit for this problem.
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Question 664586: Roberto bought a tennis racquet. He gave the salesman a fifty-dollar bill. Roberto's change was $6.00 less than he paid for the racquet. How much did he pay for the racquet?
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Question 664048: A dealer sells a certain type of chair and table for $40. He also sells the same sort of table and a desk for $83 or a chair and a desk for $77. Find the price of the chair.
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Question 664096: Carrie has $68 in the bank and is saving another $13 every week. What is the expression for this problem?

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Question 664714: Emily and Katelyn together have 35 stuffed animals. Emily has 7 more stuffed animals than katelyn. How many stuffed animals does each girl have?
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Question 664733: William has 3 jars of marbles that he wishes to share equally with his brother. In the first jar there are 12 marbles, in the second there are 21, and in the third there are 17. Write and then evaluate an expression with parentheses to show how many marbles each person will get.
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Question 664830: Hello there, I have been struggling with this word problem. Would someone help me set up this word problem and also show me how to solve it. Thank you. "Jen Butler has been pricing Speed-Pass train fares for a group trip to New York. Three adults and four children must pay $136. Two adults and three children must pay $97. Find the price of the adults ticket and the price of a child's ticket."
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Question 664918: 2 more than 2(6 altogether )
draw a picture
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Question 664950: Ysidra paints a room that has 400 square feet of wall space in 2 1/2 hours. At this rate, how long will it take her to paint a room that has 720 square feet of wall space?
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Question 664973: Your company works with cruise lines to secure passengers. The customer has booked a cruise for two people. The cost is $1135.00 per person and the customer must pay 15% up front as a deposit.
How much is the minimum deposit required for the cruise for two?
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Question 665053: How do you write The product of a number and 3 is twice the sum of that number and 5 into an equation
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Question 665087: A new section of freeway will be 6 & 3/5 miles long. If one-sixth of it is completed how much more has to be built?
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Question 665141: The height s of a baseball in feet after t seconds is given by s(t)=-16t^2+96t+2
After how many seconds does the baseball reach its maximum height? Show your work.
Find the maximum hieght of the baseball. Show your work.
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Question 665143: The sum of a certain number and 13 is 30.what is the number?
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