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Question 1063195: Suppose that a household's monthly water bill (in dollars) is a linear function of the amount of water the household uses (in hundreds of cubic feet, HCF). When graphed, the function gives a line with a slope of
1.45
. See the figure below.
If the monthly cost for
16
HCF is
$44.19
, what is the monthly cost for
11
HCF?

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Question 1063263: If the delivery sheet shows that you should have 6 crates of bread, each containing 12 loaves, how many loaves of bread short are you if only 3 crates are delivered?
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Question 1063272: Problem Page
At a carnival, Scott bought
9
packs of
17
tickets each. He has used
37
of the tickets so far. How many tickets does he have left?
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Question 1063280: a birthday party has 12 children and 17 balloons.If the ratio is 12 to 17,the rate can be expressed as?
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Question 1063311: Please show a completed solution for this problem.
A bird sitting 16 feet above the ground in an apple tree dislodges an apple. After how many seconds does the apple land on the ground.( Assume no branches slow the apple's fall.)
Thank you so much for taking time to show me the solution.
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Question 1063376: Joe has been playing hockey 2 years more than twice as long as his brother Al. The sum of their years of experience is one. How many years has each boy been playing?
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Question 1063431: Hi
40 percent of females are working. There were 64 more housewives than working females, how many females were there.
Thanks
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Question 1063431: Hi
40 percent of females are working. There were 64 more housewives than working females, how many females were there.
Thanks
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Question 1063427: Each Letter in BENJAMIN represents one of the digits 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. Different letters represent different digits. The number BENJAMIN is odd and divisible by 3. Which digit corresponds to N.
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Question 1063430: A little Kangaroo is playing with his calculator. He starts with the number 12. He multiplies or divides the number by 2 or 3 (if possible) 60 times total. Which of the following results can he not obtain?
A. 12 B 18 C 36 D 72 E 108
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Question 1063406:

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Question 1063480: to get a good bargain,the owner of the shop must at least 5 violins

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Question 1063481: Please show me a complete solution to the following word problem: Tom is buying a 42 inch 1080p television on sale for 40% off. If the aspect ratio is 16:9 and the frame around the screen is 1 inch wide,will it fit in an entertainment center with an opening that is 36 inches by 24 inches? Show work that supports your conclusions (remember that televisions are measured diagonally).
Thank you for your time and help.
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Question 1063503: A parcel of land covers 43,560 sq. ft. The parcel is to be divided into 5 lots which 2 are of the same size and 3 are smaller. The larger are 5/4 as large as the smaller. Determine lot area.
My partial attempt:
43560 sq. ft. = acre.
Let A, B, C, D, E be lots.
A = B.
C + D + E = A + B + 1.25
Unsure how to proceed. Non-homework.
Thanks.

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Question 1063558: A new Neighborhood Activity ComplexNeighborhood Activity Complex is being built in HadleyvilleHadleyville. The perimeter of the rectangular playing field is 538 yards. The length of the field is 6 yards less than quadruple the width. What are the dimensions of the playing field?
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Question 1063604: The same number of guests are seated at each of 11 large tables.
There are 4 guests seated at one small table. Write an equation
to represent the total number of guests T and the number of
people x at each large table. If there are 92 guests, how many
are seated at each large table?
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Question 1063656: Ken is selling each of the belts he makes for $12.50 each at the craft fair. It costs $4.50 for the material to make 2 belts. How many belts does he have to sell to earn a profit of at least $150?

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Question 1063649: Lyn gave half of his salary and 500 to his parents .then he spent half of his remaining salary and 1000 on rent. How much was his salary if he had 5600 left?
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Question 1063677: Will someone please show me a completed solution to this word problem.
In a diving siblings showcase,11-year-old Hannah takes off from a 24.61 foot platform with an initial velocity of 9.7 feet per second at the same time that her older brother Tyler takes off from a 32.81 foot platform with an initial velocity of 4.51 feet per second. Who enters the water first? By how much? Round to the nearest hundredth.

Thanks very much for your help and your time.
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Question 1063689: Which of the following is factor of m^2-8m+16?
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Question 1063687: The average of 6,12, and x is 10, What is the value of X?
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Question 1063688: The average of three numbers is 12. If one of the numbers is 19, what is the sum of the other two numbers?
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Question 1063719: Find both square roots of the largest perfect square that divides 8124287104.
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Question 1063825: Kayeley attempts to remove a nut on a bicycle using a wrench. Removing the nut requires a torque of 15 N-m. The maximum force she is capable of exerting at a 90-degree angle is 50 N. what is the length she use to remove the nut?
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Question 1063826: Austin and Katie want to balance on a seesaw 6 meters long. If Austin weighs 50N and Katie weighs 23 N, and Katie sit all the way at the end on her side(3m), how far from the center must Austin sit to balance
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Question 1063875: In Kimmirut, Nunavit, the sun is up for 20% of the day on December 21. How many hours of the day does the sun shine?
Thank you
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Question 1063986: A baseball and a ping pong ball are both shot from the same slingshot with equal velocity. Which object has the greater kinetic energy?
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Question 1063990: Wiley sits at one end of a plank that is 6m long. A weight of 80N is placed at the other end of the plank. The plank is balanced when the pivot is 1.5 from Wiley. Calculate Wiley's weight in N.
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Question 1063962: There are
4
people who want to share
13
ride tickets for the carnival. Each person will get an equal number of tickets. How many tickets will each person get? How many tickets will be left over?
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Question 1063992: If 100,000 kg of water (in the upper meter) is stored behind a small hydroelectric dam 50m tall, how much energy is stored in water (assume the turbines are installed at the bottom of the dam)? If a turbine could be made 100% efficient, how much power can the turnine produce if the water slows from 12.0m/s to 8.0m/a in the .5second it is in contact with the turbine? How much force did the water place on the turbine?
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Question 1064010: Please show the complete solution to these two related problems;
Emily rows six miles downstream in 1 hour and her friend Ashley,rowing 1 mile per hour faster,completes the return trip in two hours.
1) Find the speed of the current (c) and each girl's rowing speed.
2) If Emily and Ashley were rowing separately,who would complete their first and by how long? Round to the nearest hundredth,if necessary.
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Question 1063994: If a kid steals $100 from business owners register then buys a $70 jacket with stolen $100 and gets $30 change how much did business owner lose
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Question 1063985: How does the kinetic energy of a car traveling at 16 m/s compare with the kinetic energy of the same car traveling at 8 m/s
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Question 1063991: Tanner(at rest) fires a 4.00-kg gun that expels the bullet of mass .0140kg with a velocity of 181m/s. tanners mass is 600-kg, and he holds the gun tightly against his shoulder so the recoil moves both the gun and him backwards together. What is his velocity after firing the gun?
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Question 1063983: Stacy who has a mass of 40kg, glides on the ice at 2.0 m/s toward a 15-kg sled at rest on the ice. She reaches the sled and holds onto it, and she and the sled continue sliding in the same direction Stacy was going before the collision. What is their speed?
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Question 1063984: If Layton has a mass of 50.0 kg, how fast would he have to run to have the same momentum as a 2000-kg truck moving at 3.0m/s
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