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Question 1081774: a metal worker wants to make an open box from a sheet of metal, by cutting equal squares from each corner. Write an expression for the length, width, height, for the open box. The sheet metal is 16 inches wide and 12 inches long.

How do I get started figureing this out?
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Question 1081649: John drives 7 1/2 miles to campus every day, while Vanessa drives only 4 miles to campus. John drives how many more times as far as Vanessa?
It's supposed to be a proportion problem
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Question 1081653: A fish tank that measures 30 inches by 24 inches by 9 inches is filled with water 7/8 of its height. 2/3 of the water leaks out of the tank because of a crack. How much water is left in the tank?
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Question 1081934: Mia goes to the mall and spends 25% of the total on food items, 30% of the total on crockery and the rest on a bicycle that cost $130.
What was the total amount she spent on crockery? (Round to 2 decimal places)
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Question 1082058: Hi
a firm has 5 times as many junior workers as senior workers. If the weekley wage for a senior 620 dollars and for a junior is 460 dollars. How many of each are employed if total weekly wage is 43,800 dollars.
thanks

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Question 1082061: Hi
the difference between two numbers is 9 and the smaller number plus twice the larger number is equal to 24 . Find the numbers.
my solution was 5 and 14 the textbook said 11 and 2.
thanks
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Question 1082079: A prom ticket at Smith High School is $120. Tom is going to save money for the ticket by walking his neighbors dog for $15 per week. If Tom already has $22 saved, what is the minimum number of weeks Tom has to walk the dog to earn enough to pay for the prom ticket?

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Question 1082099: My question is if Blake had X in his wallet gave 5 dollars to a friend and received 8 from another friend.if Blake now has less than 7 how much money could Blake have in his wallet

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Question 1082155: Four years ago Peter was three times as old as Sylvia, and in 5 years the sum of their ages will be 38 years. Find their present ages.
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Question 1082146: A diplomat travels from point X to Y. If he will be departing X at 8:00 AM, and travel 2 kilometers per hour, he will arrive at Y, 3 minutes earlier than his expected time of arrival. However if he will leave at 8:30 AM and travel 2 3 kilometers per hour, he will arrive 6 minutes later than the expected time. What is the expected time of his arrival?

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Question 1082189: How far from the center of the sphere of a radius 10 cm should a plane be passed so that the ratio of surface areas of the two zones is 3:7.
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Question 1082298: A local coffee shop sells 40 coffees and 20 pastries for a total of $130. The next day the same coffee shop sold 8 coffees and 5 pastries for $28.00. How much does a coffee and pastry cost at the coffee shop? Write an equation that the coffee shop use to determine the total profit for any number of cups of coffee and pastries that they sell. Define your variables. Use your equation to calculate the profit from 72 coffees and 65 pastries.
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Question 1082377: Solve for the value of
x if (((((((X)^x)^x)^x)^x)^x)^x)^x)^x)...
Know that the equation does not end so we replace it with (...) phrase.
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Question 1082388: Hi
a canoe paddles at 16km per hour with the current and 8km per hr against the current.what is the speed of the current.
thanks
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Question 1082439: A box contains steel balls. There are 28 balls,some weighing 3/4 kg and the others 7/8 kg each. The weight of all the balls is 22 1/2 kg. How many balls of each size are in the box?
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Question 1082456: A tank has a capacity of 3841 gal. and is 4 ft. square on the bottom. Determine height of tank.
Length * Width * Height * 7.48 (1 cu. ft. = 7.48 gal.)
4 * 4 * H = 3841.
16H = 3841
H = 240.0625 = 240 ft.
Where am I incorrect? Non-homework. Thanks.

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Question 1082490: a fisheries and wildlife officer released 200 tagged trout into a lake. a week later the officer took a sample of 50 trout from the lake and found that 8 of them were tagged. the officer can use this information to estimate the population of trout in the lake. how may trout can be estimated to be in the lake
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Question 1082523: A piece of copper wire is 1/8" in thickness and is 20 yards in length. Determine weight of wire. Copper wire weighs .321 lbs. per cu. in.
3.1416 * 0.0625 * 0.0625 * 720(yds. to in.) = 8.83575 cu. in. (volume of wire)
8.83575 * .321 = 2.8362 lbs. = 45.3792 oz.
What parts are correct? Non-homework. Thanks.
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Question 1082648: I'm having trouble interpreting this word problem. I don't know how to set up an equation for it, but I will be fine once I know what the equation is. Here's the problem: "Last saturday night, the entire gargantuan clan went to see the box-office smash 'It loves me; it loves me not'. Tickets cost $6 for adults and $3.50 for children. If 124 people attended the show and the theatre sold $679 worth of tickets, how many adults attended?" I would appreciate if you could get back to me as soon as possible.
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Question 1082675: A $128,000 trust is to be invested in bonds paying 9%, CDs paying 8%, and mortgages paying 10%. The sum of the bond and CD investment must equal the mortgage investment. To earn an $11,980 annual income from the investments, how much should the bank invest in bonds?
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Question 1082711: A landscaper who just completed a rectangular flower garden measuring 13 feet in length by 6 feet in width, orders 1 cubic yard of premixed cement, all of which is to be used to create a boarder of uniform width around the garden of the boarder is to have a depth of 4 inches how wide will the boarder be?
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Question 1082804: 4+2i

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Question 1082888: 1/8 tank of gas, U put in 8 gals, now u have 3/4 tank of gas, how many gallons need to fill it up?
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Question 1082905: Boyle's Law states that when a gas is compressed at constant temperature, the product of its pressure and constant temperature remains constant. If the pressure of a gas is 100 lbs/in^2 when the volume is 50 in^2. Find the rate of change of pressure with respect to volume when the volume is 25 cubic ins.

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Question 1082971: Please I need to help to resolve this question. Thanks.
A store sell two brands of disc players Brand B cost $45 more than twice the cost of A. The difference in price between Brand B and Brand A is $135. What is the price of the Brand B disc player?
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Question 1082951: What is the percentatge error made in the computed surface are of a sphere if the error made in measuring the radius is 3%.

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Question 1082951: What is the percentatge error made in the computed surface are of a sphere if the error made in measuring the radius is 3%.

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Question 1082918: Rock had 800 foot fence material. He wants to form a rectangular closure or casing and then divides it into 3 section by running 2 lengths of fence parallelized to one side. What must be the dimension of the enclosure be in order to maximize the enclosed area?

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Question 1082940: A man lifts a bag of sand to a scaffold 30 above his head by means of a rope which passes over a pulley on the scaffold. The rope is 60 m long. If he keeps his end of the rope horizontal and walks away from beneath the pulley at 4 meters per second, how fast is the bag rising when he is 22.5 meters away?

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Question 1082950: Find the allowable percentage error in the radius of a circle if the area is to be corrected to within 5%.

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Question 1082928: Find the equation of the tangent line to the curve, y = x^3 - 3x^2 + 5x = 2 that has the least slope.

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Question 1082919: An open crate will be constructed from 12 by 12 (inches) piece of wooden plywood by cutting away squares of equal size from four corners and folding up the sides. Determine the size of the cutout that maximizes the volume of the box. Find the length, width, and volume of the crate.

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Question 1082917: The hour and minute hands of the clock are 4.5 ft and 6.0 ft respectively. How fast are the tip of their hands changing at 4 o'clock?

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Question 1082945: A clock hands are 1 and 8/5 inches long respectively. At what rate are the ends approaching each other when the time is 2 o'clock?

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Question 1082925: A square sheet of pure bronze pad 100cm by 100cm will be materialized in creation of an open top cargo by cutting off a small square from each corners and bending up the sides. Determine how large the square should be cut from each corner in order to obtain the largest possible volume.

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Question 1083090: a+1=b+2=c+3=d+4, which one is the biggest?

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Question 1083091: if a
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Question 1083145: A person has a hrs. at his disposal. Determine distance he may ride in b miles per hr., and walk at c miles per hr., to get back in time.
Distance = rate * time.
Unsure how to continue. Non-homework. Thanks.
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Question 1083318: Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.
50 decreased by twice Chau's score Use the variable c to represent Chau's score.
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Question 1083320: You want to perfect your homemade pizza crust, so you decide to do a little experiment. You want to compare different kinds of flour to see which one makes the best pizza crust. Your problem is that the recipes you have all give the amount of flour in ounces, and you only have cups.
The table below gives the conversions between volume and ounces of different kinds of flour.
Kind of Flour: Volume: Ounces:
Bread Flour 1 cup 4.5
European-Style Artisan Bread Flour 1 cup 3.75
Perfect Pizza Blend Flour 1 cup 4.25
White Whole Wheat Flour 1 cup 4.75
Unbleached All-Purpose Flour 1 cup 4

Given that your recipe calls for 13.25 ounces of Bread Flour how many cups will you need? Enter your answer as a fraction or decimal.
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Question 1083364: A wheel, 56 in. in diameter, is connected to a smaller one, 6 in. in diameter. They are connected to a spindle, on the end another wheel, 42 in. in diameter, is connected to another, 4 in. in diameter. Determine rpms of the latter wheel, the larger moving at 50 rpms.
My attempt:
Let x = rpms.
4/42 = 50/x
4x = 2100
x = 525 rpm.

42 in. = 3.5 ft.
4 in. = .33 ft.
.33/3.5 = 50/x
.33x = 175
x = 530.30 = 530 rpms.
Answer given: 4900
Where am I incorrect? Non-homework.

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Question 1083435: Three times a number is five less than seven times that number, what is the number?
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