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Question 816346: The following formula
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Question 816347: The following formula

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Question 816352: The sum of two numbers is 50 and the difference is 14. What are the numbers?
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Question 816381: Marcos made 15 baskets in a basketball game, some two pointers and some three pointers, If Marcos scored 36 points, how many two pointers and how many three pointers did he make?
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Question 816595: A radioactive substance decays so that G, the number of grams present, is given by G = 700e�1.43t, where t is the time in days. Find the amount of the substance present after 4 days. Round to the nearest tenth of a gram.
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Question 816837: If the ratio of Republicans to Democrats in a district is 4 to 9, and there are a total of 2210 Republicans and Democrats in that district, how many Republicans are there?
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Question 816844: How many liters each of 25% and 60% alcohol solutions must be mixed together to make 40 liters of a 53% alcohol solution?

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Question 816847: If 1 kg is 2.2 lbs. , how many kilograms are in 106 lbs.?
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Question 816989: a rectangular flower garden measures 25 meters by 32 meters. To the nearest hundredth, find the length of the diagonal for the garden
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Question 817025: A rectangular garden is 28 feet long. If you walk diagonally across the garden, you would walk 35 feet. How many feet wide is the garden?
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Question 817075: What is the equation of the line, in point-slope form, that passes through the points (-7, -10) and (-6, -8)?
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Question 817314: After it is purchased, a $15,500 computer loses $1,550 in resale value every year. Write a linear equation that gives the resale value v of the computer x years after being purchased.
v(x) = ??
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Question 817371: The half-life of radioactive radium (226 Ra) is approximately 1620 years. How much of a 10gram sample will remain after 1000 years?

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Question 817471: if i pay 340.00 a month rent and thats 30% of my income per month then what am i making per month
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Question 817804: I have the worst time with word problems...also, is there a word problem calculator I can use to double check my work?
On a mother's 25-mile commute to work, she drops her daughter off at a child care center. The first part of the trip is 7 miles less than the second part. How long is each part of her morning commute?
first part ___________ mi

second part ____________ mi
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Question 817792: Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Write a system of two equations in two variables to solve the problem.
It cost a family of 6 a total of $182 for general admission tickets to the San Diego Zoo. How many adult tickets and how many child tickets were purchased?
__________ adult tickets
__________ child tickets
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Question 817782: Any assistance is greatly appreciated in advance.
Q: Write a system of two equations in two variables to solve the problem.
A woman invested some money at 8% and some at 9% annual simple interest. The interest for 1 year on the combined investment of $10,000 was $880. How much was invested at each rate?
8% annual interest $ _____________

9% annual interest $ _____________
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Question 817952: A manufacturer wishes to recieve $4800 for a batch of items. When 1200 items were found to be defective, the selling cost per item increased by $0.20. How many items were manufactured?
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Question 818043: Can you please help me solve. Art galleries often price paintjngs by the square inch.if a painting measures 22.5 inches by 34 inches and costs $4.15 per square inch, what is the selling price for the painting?

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Question 818108: A rectangular auditorium seats 1505 people. The number of seats in each row exceeds the number of rows by 8. Find the number of seats in each row.
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Question 818355: A basketball player scored 17 times during one game. He scored a total of 26 points, two for each two-point shot and one for each free throw. How many two-point shots dis her make? How many free throws?
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Question 818373: A car manufacturer produces three models in equal quantities. One model has an economy rating of 17 miles per gallon, and the second model is rated for 19 mpg. If government regulations require the manufacturer to have a fleet average that exceeds 21 mpg, what economy rating is required for the third model?
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Question 818370: Any assistance with this word problem would be greatly appreciated.
An airplane can fly with the wind a distance of 900 miles in 3 hours. However, the return trip against the wind takes 5 hours. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the wind.

speed of the plane in still air _____________ mph
speed of the wind ___________________ mph
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Question 818395: The dimensions of a room are 20 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 8 feet high. Gary wants to paint the walls and ceiling. What is the area, in square feet, of the surface Gary wants to paint?
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Question 818374: Word problems always twist me around. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
An investment club used funds totaling $300,000 to invest in a bio-tech company and in an ethanol plant, with hopes of earning 12% and 16% annual simple interest, respectively. Their hunch paid off. The club made a total of $38,600 interest the first year. How much was invested at each rate?

$____________ at 12%

$ _____________at 16%

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Question 818338: If a machine can fill 2 cartons in 3 seconds how many cartons can it fill in 10 seconds?
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Question 818338: If a machine can fill 2 cartons in 3 seconds how many cartons can it fill in 10 seconds?
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Question 818417: A man invests his savings in two accounts, one paying 6 percent and the other paying 10 percent simple interest per year. He puts twice as much in the lower-yielding account because it is less risky. His annual interest is 9900 dollars. How much did he invest at each rate?
Your answer is
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Question 818484: What's the product of(3x-9)(3x-9)
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Question 818530: Construct a mathematical model to describe the following problem. Use the gauss jordan elimination method to solve the model.
Ben ordered 26 pizzas for the office party. He ordered three types of pizzas: cheese, pepperoni, and supreme. The cheese pizzas cost 6 dollars each, the pepperoni cost 9 dollars each, and the supreme pizzas cost 12 dollars each. He spent exactly twice as much on the pepperoni pizzas as he did on the cheese pizzas. If ben spent a total of $222 on pizza, how many pizzas of each type did he buy?
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Question 818576: i know how to do the math, i just need help setting up the equation and how to set up variables.
it takes a plane 40 min longer to fly from boston to los angeles at 525 mi/h than it does to return at 600 mi/h. how far apart are the cities?
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Question 818610: Find a distance from the point P(3,5) to the line x= -2
Or
Find the distance from the point Q(-2, -2)to the line y= 3
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Question 818672: Kate and Sigrid can plant a garden in 12 hours. Working alone, Sigrid could do the job 10 hours faster than Kate. How long would each woman need to do the job by herself?
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Question 818695: Kylie, Jessica it Stephen were together on a job to pay a total of $1200. Kylee and Jessica earned $700 together. Jessica and Steven earned $1000 put together. how much money did Jessica earn
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Question 818709: Jason, Amanda and Michelle worked together on a job to pay a total of $2200. Amanda and Jason earned $1500 together. Amanda and Michelle earned $700 put together. how much money did Jason earn
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Question 818642: Please I need help 12th grade AP algebra, I tried several ways. Problem: A storage bin consists of a cylindrical section for storing grain, with a conical roof. The height of the roof is one-third of the total height and the radius is 10 feet. The volume of the storage bin is 1000 cubic feet. Find the height.
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Question 818728: The difference between five and the product of seven and a number is nine?

A student writes the equation 184,040=n-21,660 what does the n represent

This year the value of a lakefront property summer home is $525,000. This year the amount is twice the value of the home 6 years ago. What was its value 6 years ago
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Question 818713: Jason, Amanda and Michelle worked together on a job that paid a total of $2200. Amanda & Jason earned $1500 together. Amanda & Michelle earned $700 put together. How much money did Amanda earn?
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Question 818712: Jason, Amanda and Michelle worked together on a job that paid a total of $2200. Amanda and Jason earned $1500 together. Amanda and Michelle earned $700 put together. how much money did Jason earn
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Question 818811: The distance from the sun to the Andromeda galaxy is 1.2 x 10^19 miles. Light travels at a speed of 5.88 x 10^12 miles per year. How long does it take light to travel from the sun to the Andromeda galaxy. I just need to know whether to multiply or divide. I know the process for both dividing and multiplying in scientific notation. Thank you in advance
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Question 818945: Some students held a car wash. They charged $3 to wash each car. The students made a profit of $330 after they spent $15 on supplies for the cash wash. How many cars did they wash?

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