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Question 1029295: A math problem states, evaluate 24/(6 � 2). Monica keys in 24 divided by 6 times 2 and assumes the answer of 8 displayed on her calculator is correct. However, the correct answer is 2. What mistake did she make? What should she have done differently? What process should she use to solve this type of equation?
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Question 1029298: Two similar figures have areas of 56 sq in and 87 sq in. A side of the smaller figure is 12 in. Find the corresponding side.
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Question 1029298: Two similar figures have areas of 56 sq in and 87 sq in. A side of the smaller figure is 12 in. Find the corresponding side.
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Question 1029258: See her walk around the rectangular sport they'll she walked a total distance of 390 yards the width of the field is 75 yard what is the length
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Question 1029259: Latoya bought a desktop computer and a laptop computer. Before finance charges, the laptop cost
$300
more than the desktop. She paid for the computers using two different financing plans. For the desktop the interest rate was
9%
per year, and for the laptop it was
7%
per year. The total finance charges for one year were
$365
. How much did each computer cost before finance charges?
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Question 1029363: Julie is typing her essay at a rate of 300 words per hour. If on Monday, Julie typed 1000 words, how many hours does Julie spend on Tuesday typing, if by the end of the day her essay has a total of 3600 words?
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Question 1029366: 6580.8 convert into 3 significant figure
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Question 1029558: Let's say that your family used 360 L of water today and that's 25% of this water was used for lawn care how many liters of water did your family use for lawn care
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Question 1029656: Write an equation that expresses the following relationship.
d
varies jointly with
w
and
p
and inversely with
u
In your equation, use
k
as the constant of proportionality.
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Question 1029689: Laura is bowling 5 games. Her first 4 scores were 115, 84, 123, and 101.
To end up with an average score of at least 120, what is the lowest score Laura will need in the fifth game?
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Question 1029716: Deanna has 2 nutrition bars that she wants to share among herself and 2 other friends. How can Deanna divide the nutrition bars into equal portions?

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Question 1029297: Two corresponding sides of two similar figures are 8 in and 15 in.The area of the figure containing the larger side is 120 sq in. Find the area of the smaller figure.
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Question 1029794: Hello,
Snyder Cable Company has no installation fee, but has a monthly fee of $60.
Butler Cable Company has a $100 installation fee and a monthly fee of $40.
After how many months will my monthly fee be the same? How do I figure this?
Thank you!
Phoebe
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Question 1029863: Michael is packing his bags for his vacation. He has 5 unique shirts, but only 4 fit in his bag.
How many different groups of 4 shirts can he take?
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Question 1029829: Rose bowl florists buys and sells roses only by the complete dozen. The owner buys 12 dozen fresh roses daily for $117. He knows that 10% of the
roses will wilt before they can be sold. what price per dozen must rose bowl florists charge for its saleable roses to realize a 55% markup
based on selling price?
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Question 1029934: The total amount spent by Americans on shoes and clothing from 2000 to 2009 can be modeled by

f(x)=49.79x2+71.73x+97.29
where x=0 represents 2000 and f(x) is in billions of dollars. Based om this model, in what year did spending on shoes and clothing reach a maximum?
The 49.79x2 is supposed to be x squared.

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Question 1029945: Find a polynomial function f(x) of degree 3 with real coefficients that satisfies the given conditions.

zero of 2 and zero of 4 having multiplicity 2; f(1)=-18
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Question 1029943: Find a polynomial function f(x) of least degree having only real coefficients with zeros as given
3+2i, -1, and 2
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Question 1029942: Find a polynomial function f(x) of degree 3 with real coefficients that satisfies the given conditions.
zero of 2 and zero of 4 having multiplicity 2; f(1)=-18
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Question 1029929: You have taken 3 tests and have an average of 72 points. If you score 100 points on each of the rest of the tests, how many more test do you need to take to raise your average to 88 points?
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Question 1030091: If 2x+y=8 and x<7, which of the following must be true ?
A) y>-6
B) y<-6
C) -6 D) y<6
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Question 1030123: what would be the area of a square tablecloth that covers a table and drapes 15 cm below the table on each side? The table measures 150 cm on each side.

thanks for your help and have a great day
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Question 1030152: Ms. Lucy is making 2 pasta salads for a picnic. The first pasta salad requires 4 and 2\3 cups of pasta, and the second pasta salad requires 1\3 cup more than the first. How many cups of pasta will Ms. Lucy need to make both of her pasta salads?
Click here to see answer by Cromlix(4381)

Question 1030167: There are three identical red flags, two identical blue flags, and five identical green flags. How many different patterns are possible if the flags are displayed vertically on a flagpole?
---I believe the answer is 30 or 300. Please correct me if I'm wrong (which I think I am) and also explain how you get the correct answer. Thank you!
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Question 1030170: The helicopter could fly at 4 times the speed of the wind. Thus, it could travel 600 miles downwind in 1 hour more than it took to travel 300 miles upwind. What was the speed of the helicopter in still air?
---I am not sure how this problem is solved. I have done other problems somewhat similar to this, but this is a bit more difficult. An explanation would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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Question 1030182: A right circular cone is inscribed inside a larger right circular cone with a volume of 150 cm3. The axes of the cones coincide and the vertex of the inner cones touches the center of the base of the outer cone. Find the ratio of the heights of the cones that maximizes the volume of the inner cone.
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Question 1030174: raoul has to finish a 473 page book in a week. he decides to read the same number of pages each weekday and 30 extra pages on saturday and on sunday. how many pages will he have to read on wednesday?
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Question 1030225: Suppose you own a party bus and you book groups of 20 to 70 people for a day trip. The cost per person is $30 minus 25 cents for every ticket sold. If gas and other costs are $200, how many tickets should you sell to maximize your profit?
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Question 1030289: My mystery number only has the prime factors of 2,3, and 5. It has 18 factors. What are the possibilities for my mystery number?
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Question 1030402: There are three hundred people at a concert.
One hundred and fifty-five of them are male. How many are female?
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Question 1030439: Please help me with this equation:
I have 80 marbles. I lose 0.2 of them and give away 0.5. How many marbles do I have left?
I tried it a lot of times, but I kept on getting 7.4.
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Question 1030461: a sprinkler is advertised to have coverage of about 450 ft^2. find its radius to the nearest foot.
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Question 1030341: the square of a number minus four times the number equals one. What is the number?
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Question 1030497: Aunt jane pies had a tent at the county fair Unfortunately their cash register broke, so they had no cash receipts. They know from counting their paper plates that they made 413 and pie sales. They know from the cash box that they made $2,243. If they only sell two kind of items at the fair tent a piece of pies for 4 dollars and pies a la mode for7 dollar, help figure out how many of each kinda they sold
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Question 1030544: I walked a total of 50 miles in two days. The second day I walked 10 miles less than the second day.
w stands for 60% of the distance that I walked the first day. Write an equation to solve for w.
After you write the equation solve it for w.

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Question 1030588: Hi
a paint mixture contains blue paint to white paint in the ratio 2:3.how many litres of blue paint must be added to 10 litres of the mixture to get a new mixture which has 60% blue paint.
Thank you
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Question 1030593: 1. Solve the following pair of simultaneous equations.
6f + e =23
2e - f = 7

Solve question 1. above graphically, i.e. using straight line graphs. Show all relevant points clearly.
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Question 1030630: The half-life of radioactive iodine 131 is approximately 8.3 days.
a) Find an exponential decay model for iodine 131.
b) following the fukushima Nuclear power plant disaster in 2011, radioactive iodine 131 was released into the atmosphere. How long would it have taken for 1500 grams of the iodine to decrease to 100 grams?
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