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Question 984522: Hello! I need a word problem involving 3rd or higher degree polynomials. Thank you ☺
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Question 984604: A famous golfer has finished
in the first 10 places in 22 out
of 39 tournaments so far this
year. Her sponsor says that she
must finish in the top 10 places
at least 60% of the time to
qualify for a bonus. If there are
16 tournaments yet to play, in
how many of these does she
need to finish in the top 10 in
order to earn her bonus?
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Question 984643: The earned run average (ERA) of a major league baseball pitcher is determined by dividing the number of earned runs the pitcher has allowed by the number of innings pitched, then multiplying the result by 9. What is Ray Mercedes' ERA, to the nearest hundredth, if he has pitched 164 innings and allowed 48 earned runs?
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Question 984639: The product of a set of distinct whole numbers is 120. What is the least possible sum of the members of the set?
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Question 984437: Out of 100 students, 85 passed the Science Test and 75 passed the Math Test.
(a) What is the smallest possible number of students who passed both subjects?
(b) What is the largest possible number of subjects who failed both subject?
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Question 984746:
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Question 984800: When 14 is reduced by 2/3 of a number the result is 10...find the number
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Question 984745: Joselin reads
6
1
hour on the first day,
4
1
hour on the second day, and
3
1
hour on the third day . If this pattern continues, how long will she read on
the fifth day?

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Question 984428: Joselin reads
6
1
hour on the first day,
4
1
hour on the second day, and
3
1
hour on the third day . If this pattern continues, how long will she read on
the fifth day?

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Question 984804: When 16 is reduced by 1/3 of a number the result is 15...find the number
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Question 984811: A friend calls me because she found a great deal! Two pairs of pants for $30 with a 10% discount on the fourth pair. We decide to buy six, it will cost
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Question 984844: The rocket is set to launch in 3.75 hours...the launch time is 11:20 am
What time is it now? What is the algebra equation?
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Question 984844: The rocket is set to launch in 3.75 hours...the launch time is 11:20 am
What time is it now? What is the algebra equation?
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Question 984860: houston texas has an average annual rainfall about 5.2 times that of el paso, texas. of houston gers 46 inches of rain, about how many inches does el paso get
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Question 984885: a 48 inch board is to be cut into three pieces so that the second piece is twice as long as the first piece and the third piece is 5 times as long as the first piece if x represents the length of the first piece find the lengths of all three pieces
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Question 984884: the sum of seven times a number and 6 is equal to six times the number write the sentence as an equation
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Question 984873: An electric heating system costs $5000 to install, with yearly operating cost of $1100. A gas heating system costs $12000 to install, with yearly operating cost of $700. After a period of time the total costs for electric heating and gas heating will be the same. What will the total cost be at that time?
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Question 984882: a 7 foot board is cut into two pieces if one piece is x feet long express the other length in terms of x
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Question 984883: in a mayoral election Jane smith received 159 more votes than jack jones if jack received n votes how many votes did jane receive
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Question 984918: If it takes 12 2/3 gallons of gas to fill a car's tank, how much does it take to fill 3/5 of the tank with gas?
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Question 984881: My son my father and I were all born on fathers day. When my son was born I was 3/7 the age of my father. Today my son is the age I was when he was born; in four years he will be exactly 1/3 the age of my father. how old was I when my son was born?
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Question 984995: find the smallest whole number which when divided by 6 gives a remainder of 1 and when divided by 11 gives a remainder of 6.
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Question 984958: A rectangle is 12 cm longer than it is wide. a wooden walk 2 ft wide is placed around the pond. the area covered by the pond and walk is 160 ft^2 greater than the area covered by the pond alone. What are the dimensions of the pond
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Question 985010: the area of desert A is five times the area of desert B if the sum of their areas is 2,400,000 square miles find the area of each desert
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Question 984962: Mia had $40. Then she started to receive $5 a week as an allowance. She plans to save all of her money for a bicycle and draws a graph of her planned savings. Mia lets x represent the number of weeks she has received her allowance, and y represent her total amount of money. Which of the following ordered pairs is on Mia's graph?
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Question 984974: Please help! I do not understand this at all i can't think of how to even start this:(
According to Social Security Number Verification Service since 1973 social security numbers have been assigned using the following method. The first three digits are determined by the ZIP Code of the mailing address shown on the application for the Social Security number and the rest have restrictions against the middle two (group #) being 00 and the last four (serial #) being 0000. In Texas, the SSN may begin with 449 � 467 or 627 - 645. On June 25, 2011, Social Security changed the process to SSN Randomization to better protect the identity of each individual.
Using this information, how many SSN�s may be assigned in Texas? According to the US Census Bureau, the population of Texas in 2009 was 24,782,302; will we run out of numbers?
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Question 985064: Write equation for: the sum of 6 and 3 times a number squared. I got 6+3x^2 (6+3x squared)
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Question 985076: please help i dont understand this ?
one -half a number is one fourth. find the number the number is

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Question 985076: please help i dont understand this ?
one -half a number is one fourth. find the number the number is

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Question 985073: Country A produces about five times the amount of diamonds in carats produced in country B. If the total amount produced in both countries is 24,000,000
carats, find the total produced in each country. Please help me solve this problem.
A 17 foot piece of string that is cut into two pieces so that the longer piece is five feet longer than twice the shorter piece. If the shorter piece is x feet long find the lengths of both sides

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Question 985075: the sum of the speed of two trains is 719.5 miles per hour if the speed of the first train is 2.5 miles faster than the second train find the speeds of each
train
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Question 985074: if the sum of a number and seven is tripled the results is two less than twice the number find the number

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Question 985077: the states C and D spend a total of $55.9 million for touism the state C spends 3.9 million more than state D find the amount that each states spends
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Question 985097: Against the wind a commercial airline in South America flew 840 miles in 4 hours. With a tailwind the return trip took 3.5 hours. What was the speed of the plane in the air? What w
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Question 985146: a co. service charges a monthly membership fee of $7.5 and a charge of $ 1 per movie watched. another co. has no member fee but charges $ 2.5 for each movie.how many movies need to be rented each month for the total fees to be the same either company
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Question 985154: you had two summer jobs. in the first job, you worked 25 hours per week and earned $7.75 per hr. in the second job, you earned $6.25 per hr and could work as many hrs as you wanted. you wanted to earn $250 per week. how many hours did you work at the second job?
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Question 985153: "find the smallest whole number that should be multiplied to each of the following so that the product is a square number? a)48 b)54 c)108 d)150
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Question 985201: This is probably the wrong math site for my question but here it is.
There is just one number: 12106 = 1
I want to come up with the number 1 by adding the numbers together.
1+2+1+0+6=10
Then add 10 together
1+0=1
What is the name for this math problem I've done?
Thanks~
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Question 985234: A jet plane holds 1000gallons of fuel. Fuel weighs 6.00lbs/gal. The engine consumes 1200lbs/hr. The speed of the plane is 550mph. How far can the plane go on 1000 gals of fuel?
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Question 985243: the sum of the speed of two trains is 719.5 miles per hour if the speed of the first train is 2.5 miles faster than the second train find the speeds of each
train
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Question 985242: plz help! if the sum of a number and seven is tripled the results is two less than twice the number find the number
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Question 985248: Rental cars at ABC Rental Car Company cost $100 to rent, plus $1 per mile. What are thedomain and range of this function?M(d) = d + 100 (d = distance traveled; M = money spent). What is the domain and range?

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Question 985247: a 49inch board is to be cut into three pieces so that the second piece is twice as long as the first piece and the third piece is 4 times as long as the first piece find the lenghs of all three pieces
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