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Question 87967: A travel agent offers two package vacation plans. The first plan costs $360 and includes 3 days at a hotel and a rental car for 2 days. The second plan costs $500 and includes 4 days at a hotel and a rental car for 3 days. The daily charge for the room is the same under each plan, as is the daily charge for the car. Find the cost per day for the room and for the car. (Please show your system of equations and answer the question in a complete sentence.)
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Question 87993: a coin is dropped from a height of 750 feet. the height,s,at time,t, is given by s=-16t^2+750.
a. find the average velocity on the interval[1,3]
b. find the instantaneous velocity when t=3
c. find the velocity of the coin when it hits the ground
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Question 88082: I need help doing this Identify the rate, base, and amount in the following applications. Do not solve the applications at this point
1. Ms. Jordan has been given a loan of $2500 for 1 year. If the interest charged is $275, what is the interest rate on the loan?
2.A survey of 400 people found that 66 were left-handed. What percent of those surveyed were left-handed?
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Question 88079: I have problems solving this problem could you help me please I am not sure How to do it
Identify the rate, base, and amount in the following applications. Do not solve the applications at this point
1.Paul invested $5000 in a time deposit. What interest will he earn for 1 year if the interest rate is 6.5%?
2.A chemist has 300 milliliters (mL) of solution that is 18% acid. How many milliliters of acid are in the solution?
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Question 88092: How Can I Translate the following statements into inequalities.
and use x to represent please help?
The cost for a long-distance telephone call is $0.36 for the first minute and $0.21 for each additional minute or portion thereof. Write an inequality representing the number of minutes a person could talk without exceeding $3
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Question 88076: I am confuse how to solve this and make the equation for it please help
1 There are 850 Douglas fir and ponderosa pine trees in a section of forest bought by Sawz Logging Co. The company paid an average of $300 for each Douglas fir and $225 for each ponderosa pine. If the company paid $217,500 for the trees, how many of each kind did the company buy?
2 A common mistake when solving equations is the following:
The equation: 2(x _ 2) _ x _ 3
First step in solving: 2x _ 2 _ x _ 3
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Question 88058: could some one please help me with this problem.
A bus leaves a station at 1 p.m.;taveling west at an average rate of 44mi/h.One hour later a second bus leaves the same station,traveling east at a rate of 48mi/h.At what time will the two buses be 274 mi apart?
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Question 88183: Help! I have been trying to figure out this word problem for 3 days now, and I can't seem to figure it out....
A parsec is approximately 3.1 x 10^16 meters. How many meters are there in 4 x 10^5 parsecs?
Thank you in advance for your help!
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Question 88070: could you help to solve this problem and show in a equation please help
A bus leaves a station at 1 P.M., traveling west at an average rate of 44 mi/h. One hour later a second bus leaves the same station, traveling east at a rate of 48 mi/h. At what time will the two buses be 274 mi apart?
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Question 88083: how can i Identify the rate, base, and amount in the following applications. Do not solve the applications at this point PLEASE HELP
1. The electricity costs of a business decreased from $12,000 one year to $10,920 the next. What is the rate of decrease?
2.If the total bill at a restaurant, including a 15% tip, is $65.32, what was the cost of the meal alone?
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Question 88067: I always have problems with this type of word problem How can I solve this and write the equation for it? please help
A bicyclist rode into the country for 5 h. In returning, her speed was 5 mi/h faster and the trip took 4 h. What was her speed each way?
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Question 88065: I always have problems with this type of word problem How can I solve this and write the equation for it? please help
The length of a rectangular playing field is 5 ft less than twice its width. If the perimeter of the playing field is 230 ft, find the length and width of the field.
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Question 88230: Hi,
I can't seem to solve this problem...I have to find two consecutive, positive, even integers that the product of is 360. The original problem reads just like this: "The product of two consecutive positive even integers is 360. Find the integers."
Any help you can give me would be excellent! Thank you guys so, so, so much!!
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Question 88200: Hi, I have a word problem that I need help with please.
At a well-known university, 1/4 of the undergraduate students commute, and 1/3 of the graduate students commute. One-tenth of the undergraduate students drive more than 40 miles daily, and 1/6 of the graduate students drive more than 40 miles daily. If there are twice as many undergraduate students as there are graduate students, then what fraction of the commuters drive more than 40 miles daily? Thank you!!
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Question 88368: Please check if my answer is correct thank you
A cylinder has a radius of 5 in. If the volume of the cylinder is 250 in.3, what is the height of the cylinder? [Hint: The volume of a cylinder is given by V = r2h.]
250 pi = pi * 5^2 * h = pi * 25 * h
250/25 = h =10
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Question 88356: I am having a great deal of difficulty with this problem. Using the formula
W=91.4-(10.5+6.7 square root v-0.45v)(457-5t)/110 determine who will feel colder: a person in Minneapolis at 10 degrees F with a 15 mph wind or a person in Chicago at 20 degrees F with a 25 mph wind. Thanks!!!!!!
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Question 88072: I have to solve this proble and show equation but I do not know where to start could you help me please?
Martina leaves home at 9 A.M., bicycling at a rate of 24 mi/h. Two hours later, John leaves, driving at the rate of 48 mi/h. At what time will John catch up with Martina?
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Question 88060: The cost for a long distance telephone call is $0.36 for the first minute and .21 for each additional minute or portion there after.Write an inequqlity representing the number of minutes a person could talk without exceeding $3.00.
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Question 88091: HOw can I Translate the following statements into inequalities.
and use x to represent the number
1. 2 times a number, increased by 28, is less than or equal to 6 times that number.
2.Sam must have an average of 70 or more in his summer course to obtain a grade of C. His first three test grades were 75, 63, and 68. Write an inequality representing the score that Sam must get on the last test to get a C grade.
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Question 88508: I have been trying to figure out how this is set up but I am confused. So far I not sure if this is the right set up: n-4=96
Word Problem:
The product of a number and 4 less than the number is 96. Find the number.
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Question 88508: I have been trying to figure out how this is set up but I am confused. So far I not sure if this is the right set up: n-4=96
Word Problem:
The product of a number and 4 less than the number is 96. Find the number.
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Question 88508: I have been trying to figure out how this is set up but I am confused. So far I not sure if this is the right set up: n-4=96
Word Problem:
The product of a number and 4 less than the number is 96. Find the number.
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Question 88675: Asha and Tera have 3 pieces of paper. Each of the women picks one piece, tears it up and puts the smaller pieces back. Asha only tears a piece of paper into 3 smaller pieces while tera only tears a pieces of paper into 5 smaller pieces. How many times would each women pick up and tear a piece of paper to have 100 pieces at the end?
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Question 88809: Three oranges cost half of what nine apples cost. If one orange and one apple together cost 30 cents how much does one orange cost.
This question is not from a textbook-the instructor gave it to us.
A+O=.30 THEN A=.30-O
3O=9A/2
3O=9(.30-O)/2
3O=(2.7-9O)/2
3O=(2.7-9O)/2
6O=2.7-9O
60+9O=2.7
15O=2.7
O=2.7/15
O=.18 FOR EACH ORANGE.
A=30-18
A=12.
PROOF
3*.18=9*.12/2
.54=1.08/2
.54=.54
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Question 88787: harrys motorboat can make an average of 8 miles per hour . one day he sets out for a trip , only to have the motor break down . harry rows back at two miles an hour. When he reaches his dock , he finds that he has been gone 5 hours . how far has he rowed?
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