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Question 1133887: A strip of metal 2.5km long is clamped to the ground during the winter with one clamp at each end. It expands 1m in length during the hot summer, bulging up in the middle as a result. What is the highest distance, in m, that the metal strip could be above ground in the middle?
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Question 1134047: A downtown parking garage in austin texas charges 1.25 for the first hour and 0.75 for each additional hour or part thereof.What is the maximum length of time you can park if you wish to pay no more than 3.75?
Inequality word problem
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Question 1134081: A hollow cast iron ball has outer diameter 15 ft. and inner diameter of 12 ft. Find weight.
A cu. in. of cast iron weighs .26 lbs.
A ball is a sphere.
Volume = 4/3 * pi * r^3.
How do I solve?

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Question 1134104: A survey of 1180 workers in a plant indicated that 620 owned houses, 680 owned cars, 445 owned boats, 350 owned cars and houses, 220 owned houses and boats, 240 owned cars and boats, and 150 owned all three.
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Question 1134108: Two boys with two-way radios that have a range of 2 miles leave camp and walk in opposite directions. If one boy walks 3mph and the other walks 4mph, how long will it take before they lose radio contact?
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Question 1134275: Why do we need a zero in the base 10 numeral system? What is an example of where a zero is needed without changing the value of a number?
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Question 1134092: A new cruise ship line has just launched 3 new ships: the Pacific Paradise, the Caribbean Paradise, and the Mediterranean Paradise. The Caribbean Paradise has 24 more deluxe staterooms than the Pacific Paradise. The Mediterranean Paradise has 37 fewer deluxe staterooms than twice the number of deluxe staterooms on the Pacific Paradise. Find the number of deluxe staterooms for each of the ships if the total number of deluxe staterooms for the three ships is 511.
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Question 1134307: Johns Pottery Shop orders china from a supplier for $240 including $30 freight charges. The terms of sale are 3/10, n/30
ROG. The china arrives on 11/21 and John wants to take advantage of the cash discount.
a. By what date must the invoice be paid to take advantage of the cash discount?
b. As bookkeeper for John’s, how much will you send the supplier?
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Question 1134306: Outdoor World buys plastic pools from a supplier with an invoice amount of $36,465. The terms of sale are 5/10, n/30. If the
retailer sends a partial payment $8,700 on the discount date.
a. How much credit is taken off the bill due to the partial payment?
b. What is the net amount still due?
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Question 1134305: Price Company received an invoice in the amount of $3,800 dated May 24 for merchandise they purchased. The terms of sale
are 3/15, 2/30, n/45. The Company plans to pay the invoice on June 20th
a. What is the percentage the company will save by sending it on this date?
b. What payment should be made if the invoice was paid in full on June 20?

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Question 1134304: Horizon Video buys DVD’s with an invoice price of $21,345, and terms of sale 1/10, n/30. What is the net amount due on the
order if the bill is paid by the 10th day?
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Question 1134303: Chuck’s Chops, an upscale steak house, received an invoice for 800 pounds of baking potatoes with a cost of $.85 per pound.
The terms are 2 ½ /10, n/30. Chuck was unable to pay the bill in full within the discount period but was able to remit a partial
payment of $575.00 within the discount period. How much credit did Chuck receive for his partial payment?

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Question 1134359: Solve for x:
(cx + d) / (a) / (cx) / (d) = (2d) / (a)
Not sure how to continue.
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Question 1134359: Solve for x:
(cx + d) / (a) / (cx) / (d) = (2d) / (a)
Not sure how to continue.
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Question 1134359: Solve for x:
(cx + d) / (a) / (cx) / (d) = (2d) / (a)
Not sure how to continue.
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Question 1134359: Solve for x:
(cx + d) / (a) / (cx) / (d) = (2d) / (a)
Not sure how to continue.
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Question 1134381: Starting at midnight, how many times does the minute hand of a clock pass the hour hand in a 24-hour period?

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Question 1134408: Your doctor told you to eat 25 grams of fiber each day.
You had 6 grams of fiber for breakfast.
What percent of the 25 grams of fiber have you eaten so far?

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Question 1134406: A man bought some chickens for ₦60. If he had obtained 5 more for the same money, they would have cost ₦2 less each. How chickens did he buy?
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Question 1134422: How do you set up this formula?
It takes Ashleigh 5 min to type a page of her essay and 1 min to proofread a page. One afternoon she spent 2hr typing and proofreading a total of 38 pages. How many pages did she proofread and show many did she type?
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Question 1134432: How do you set up the equation here? A recent basic model of a particular automobile had a price of $14,685. The basic model with the added features of automatic transmission and power locks was $16,070. The basic model with air conditioning and power locks was $15,580. The basic model with AC and automatic transmission was $15,925. What was the individual cost of each of the three options?
i have:
Basic = $14,685
B+T+L= $14,685 + T + L = $16070
B+A+L= $14,685 + A + L = $15,580
B+A+T = $14,685 +A+T = $15,925
What is the next step?
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Question 1134490: On the planet Maximillian live Sprogs and Graks. Initially there were 800 sprogs and 100 Graks. The population of Sprogs doubles every 6 years and that of Graks doubles every 3 years.
a) How many Graks were there after 1.5 years?
Graks
b) When are there as many Sprogs as Graks?
years later
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Question 1134515: In the lab Justin has two solutions that contain alcohol and is mixing them with each other. He uses 100 mili litters less of solution A than solution B. Solution A is 13% alcohol ana Solution B is 19% alcohol. How many milliliters of Solution B does he use, if the resulting mixture has 243 milliliters of pure alcohol?
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Question 1134540: 400 students are surveyed about the pets they have. 250 have a dog, 190 have a cat
and 160 have a dog and a cat. What is the probability that a student has a dog?
And what is the probability the student has a dog OR a cat?
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Question 1134549: At a restaurant, there are 4 different kinds of noodles, 3 different sauces, and 2 different types of breads. Using the counting principle, how many different combinations can you have?
The videos and notes are confusing me more. I keep getting different answers. Thank you.
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Question 1134578: how do I do this to get the right answer?
Problem: there are 56 pens and there are 37 more pencils than pens. How many pens does Melissa have?
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Question 1134567: Devaughns Age is two times Sydney’s age .the sum of their ages is 63 what is Sydney’s age
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Question 1134581: A box's (cubical) dimensions are increased by 1, 2, 3 inches respectively, and the capacity has increased 93 in.^3. Find the dimensions.
Volume = Length * Width * Height.
L + 1 * W + 2 * H + 3 = 93
Unsure how to continue.

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Question 1134605: You need to buy a new refrigerator for your house. There are two models that are comparing. A standard model cost $400 dollars and uses $8 dollars of electricity per month. An energy efficient model costs $800 dollars and uses $4 of electricity per month.
1. Write a linear equation that represents the total cost of the standard model of the refrigerator. Use C for the total cost and t for time measured in months.
2. Write a linear equation that represents the total cost of the energy efficient model of the refrigerator. Use C for the total cost and t for time measured in months.
3. Label both axis and then graph the system of equations from 1 and 2. Indicate and label the solution to the system of equations on the graph.
4.Solve the linear system from questions 1 and 2 using the substitution method.
5. Solve the linear system from questions 1 and 2 using the elimination method.
6. What does the intersection of the lines tell you about the two refrigerators?
7. How are the solutions in 3,4,and 5 related? why are they related in this fashion?
8. What refrigerator would you buy? Justify your answer.
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Question 1134616: If repetition is allowed, how many three-digit numbers can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6?
If repetition is not allowed, how many three-digits numbers can be formed using the digitsn1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6?
The notes aren’t making sense. Thank you.
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Question 1134623: A license plate has 4 letters, followed by 2 numbers. If repetition is not allowed, how many different license plates can be made?
If repetition is allowed, how many different license plates can be made?
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Question 1134629: The reading club has 7 members. In how many ways can the club choose a president and a secretary? And in how many ways can the club choose three members to attend a special program if order doesn’t matter?
I did each question two different ways and different answers by using the notes I got. Thanks
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Question 1134650: The relationship between temperature x, in Fahrenheit, of O-rings in the space shuttle and then number of eroded or leaky primary O-rings, y, is given by the model
a. What is the predicted number of eroded or leaky primary O-rings at a temp. of 100F?

b. What is the predicted number of eroded or leaky primary O-rings at a temp. of 10F?

c. At what temperature will there be 3 predicted leaky primary O-rings?

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