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Question 1130642: Tormo bought a perfectly square table but found it wont fit through his door. He reduces its width by 9cm but also extends its length by 9cm- its new area is 309cm^2. what was the area of his original square table.
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Question 1130671: A tank has an inlet which 4 gallons, 2 quarts enter per hr., and outlet which 2 gal, 1 quart, 1 pint per hr. exit. Tank has capacity of 84 gal. Find time tank is filled.
4 gal. 2 qts. = 4.5 gal.
2 gal., 1 qt., 1 pt. = 2.625 gal.
Inlet - 4.5 gal. / hr.
Outlet - 2.625 gal. / hr.
4.5 - 2.625 = 84
Not sure how to solve. Non-homework.
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Question 1130690: Diana is making enough soup to feed 9 people. She plans to serve all of the soup to her guests in 6-ounce bowls.
In order to make enough soup, she needs to add a total of 4.75 cups of water. There are 8 ounces in a cup.
How many total ounces of water did Diana add to her soup? What is the total number of ounces of the other ingredients in her soup?
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Question 1130771: A trough contains a certain amount of sand. After Jamie used it to fill a 2.4-kilogram bag, a 650-gram bowl, and a 3-kilogram,125-gram pail, she realized that she had a kilogram of sand left in the trough. How much sand was in the trough at first?
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Question 1130799: Juan had $24400 and chose to split the money into two different mutual funds. During the first year, Fund A earned 4% interest and Fund B earned 6% interest. If he received a total of $1252 in interest, how much had he invested into each account?
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Question 1130799: Juan had $24400 and chose to split the money into two different mutual funds. During the first year, Fund A earned 4% interest and Fund B earned 6% interest. If he received a total of $1252 in interest, how much had he invested into each account?
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Question 1130834: A rectangular orchard contains 864 trees, placed that the number of rows is to the number of trees in a row, as 3 is to 2. Trees are 7 yards apart. Determine amount of land the orchard occupies.
Not sure how to solve. Non-homework.
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Question 1130881: A post is 11 ft. in length, 9 in. square at the bottom, and 4 in. square at the top. Find amount of board feet.
1 board foot is 1 ft. long, 1 ft. wide, and 1 in. thick.
Not sure how to solve. Non-homework.
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Question 1130898: Emily and Andy each go to a hardware store to buy wire. The table shows the cost y in dollars for x inches of the wire they need. Emily needs 25 feet of the wire. Andy needs 15 yards of the wire. How much will each of them spend for wire?
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Question 1130898: Emily and Andy each go to a hardware store to buy wire. The table shows the cost y in dollars for x inches of the wire they need. Emily needs 25 feet of the wire. Andy needs 15 yards of the wire. How much will each of them spend for wire?
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Question 1131006: Mark Keaton's workout consists of jogging for 3 miles and then riding his bike for 5 miles at a speed 4 miles per hour faster than he jogs.if his total workout time is 1 hour find out his total jogging and walking speed.
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Question 1131160: Determine number of bricks needed;
A wall is 17 ft. in height and 11 ft. in length.
1/2 in. mortar is used.
Brick dimensions are 2 3/4 in. high, 4 1/4 in. wide, and 8 1/2 in. long. (Nominal dimensions are 2 1/4, 3 3/4, and 8.)
17 * 11 = 187 sq. ft. (wall area)
2.75 * 4.25 * 8.5 = 99.34375 = .6898871 sq. ft. (brick area)
Not sure how to continue.
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Question 1131160: Determine number of bricks needed;
A wall is 17 ft. in height and 11 ft. in length.
1/2 in. mortar is used.
Brick dimensions are 2 3/4 in. high, 4 1/4 in. wide, and 8 1/2 in. long. (Nominal dimensions are 2 1/4, 3 3/4, and 8.)
17 * 11 = 187 sq. ft. (wall area)
2.75 * 4.25 * 8.5 = 99.34375 = .6898871 sq. ft. (brick area)
Not sure how to continue.
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Question 1131195: Theresa is looking at the board in math class and knows that there is an arithmetie sequence on the board. She can see the first number is 12, but she can't the second, third, or fourth numbers. The fifth number is 56. What are the numbers that she cannot see? Explain how you found the numbers.
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Question 1131195: Theresa is looking at the board in math class and knows that there is an arithmetie sequence on the board. She can see the first number is 12, but she can't the second, third, or fourth numbers. The fifth number is 56. What are the numbers that she cannot see? Explain how you found the numbers.
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Question 1131056: The aquarium charges $16.00 for admission and $2.50 for each ride ticket. Mountain rides charges $25.00 for admission and $0.25 for each ride ticket. For what number of ride tickets will the cost be the same at either venue? What is the cost?
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Question 1131056: The aquarium charges $16.00 for admission and $2.50 for each ride ticket. Mountain rides charges $25.00 for admission and $0.25 for each ride ticket. For what number of ride tickets will the cost be the same at either venue? What is the cost?
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Question 1131205: Suppose a farmer has 500 feet of fence and wants to enclose part of his existing pasture to make a special pen for animals. Since there is already some fencing he only needs to add fencing on three sides. The area functions would be A(x)=-2x^2+500x where A is the area of the pen and x is the width of the pen. Find the maximum area he can enclose.
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Question 1131204: Dory is looking at the board in her class and knows there is a geometric sequesce on the board. She can see that the second number is 12 and the fifth number is 324, but she can't see the first, third, or fourth numbers. What are the missing numbers? Explain how you found them.
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Question 1131279: The grocery store we use does not mark prices on its goods.My wife went to this store, bought two packages of bacon and five cartons of eggs, and paid a total of $14.03. Not knowing that she went to the store, I also went to the same store, purchased five packages of bacon and two cartons of eggs, and paid a total of $19.43. Now we want to return two packages of bacon and two cartons of eggs. How much will be refunded?
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Question 1131279: The grocery store we use does not mark prices on its goods.My wife went to this store, bought two packages of bacon and five cartons of eggs, and paid a total of $14.03. Not knowing that she went to the store, I also went to the same store, purchased five packages of bacon and two cartons of eggs, and paid a total of $19.43. Now we want to return two packages of bacon and two cartons of eggs. How much will be refunded?
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Question 1131278: A wireless store owner takes presale orders for a new smartphone and tablet. He gets 390 preorders for the smartphone and 340 orders for the tablet.The combined sale of the preorders $395,300.If the price of a smartphone and a tablet together is $1,070,find the cost of one smartphone and the cost of one tablet.
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Question 1131287: Yawaka manufactures motorcycles and bicycles.To stay in business, the number of bicycles made cannot exceed three times the number of motorcycles. They lack the facilities to produce more than 70 motorcycles, or more than 120 bicycles, and the total production of motorcycles and bicycles cannot exceed 160. If Yawaka makes $1080 on each motorcycle and $380 on each bicycle, how many of each should be made to maximize profit?
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Question 1131301: A group of boys ordered several pizzas for the weekend. When the first evening was over, the following amounts of pizza were left over: 1/4 of the pepperoni pizza, 1/2 of the cheese pizza, 3/4 of the mushroom pizza and 1/2 of the supreme pizza. The next morning, each boy ate 1/4 of a pizza for breakfast. If they finished the pizza, how many boys were there?
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Question 1131320: The Graph: y=f’(x)
Use the graph to find the following:
What is the local maximum?
What is the local minimum?
What is the absolute maximum?
What is the absolute minimum?
For what values of x is f(x)>0?
The intervals on which the function is increasing, decreasing, or constant.
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Question 1131322: The Graph:
http://i64.tinypic.com/67sayv.jpg
Use the graph to find the following:
What is the local maximum?
What is the local minimum?
What is the absolute maximum?
What is the absolute minimum?
For what values of x is f(x)>0?
The intervals on which the function is increasing, decreasing, or constant.
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