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Question 1144935: Hi
if 4 men or 3 women can do a piece of work in 31 days, how long can 5 men and 4 women can do the work.
Thanks
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Question 1144982: Hi
Tom traveled for 2 hours at 10mph then stopped for 1 hour then continued to travel at the same speed.Gerald started his travel along the same route 3.75 hours laterthan tom at 32mph.
how far from the starting point will gerald be when he catches up with tom.
thanks
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Question 1144993: Write an expression to find the amount of wood needed to build the 2 side panels of the ramp..30in(top) 50in.(bottom)24in.(across
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Question 1145013: Amir writes the number 587.491 in expanded form but leaves out one of the digits by accident. The place value of the digits he leaves out is 100 times greater than the place value of the 9. Which digit did Amir forget to include, and how should the number be written in the expanded form?
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Question 1145079: There are 550 people at a ball game. 1/3 of the adults and 1/5 of the children are wearing jerseys. How many children are not wearing a jersey?
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Question 1145087: A rock is thrown upward with a velocity of 15
meters per second from the top of a 34
meter high cliff, and it misses the cliff on the way back down. When will the rock be 4
meters from the water, below?
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Question 1145089: A survey of 830 workers in a plant indicated that 520 owned houses, 560 owned cars, 275 owned boats, 350 owned cars and houses, 220 owned houses and boats, 160 owned cars and boats, and 150 owned all three.
How many of the workers did not own any of the three items?
How many of the workers owned only two of the items?
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Question 1145093: Mei-Ling wrote the number 2,314,508 and 2,358,104. She said that the value of 1 in the second number is 100 times greater than in the first number. How is Mei-Ling incorrect? Correct using a fraction.
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Question 1145147: How can you obtain 6-gallons of cider from a tank if you have only a 4-gallon container and a 9-gallon container?
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Question 1145146: how can one use a 3-minute timer and a 5-minute timer to measure 7 minutes?
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Question 1145230: If three cats catch three rat in three minutes, how many cats will catch 100 rats in 100 minites
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Question 1145230: If three cats catch three rat in three minutes, how many cats will catch 100 rats in 100 minites
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Question 1145230: If three cats catch three rat in three minutes, how many cats will catch 100 rats in 100 minites
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Question 1145257: A group of 100 people, some students and some faculty, attended a museum opening. Each student paid $10 per person for entrance to the museum and each faculty paid$25 per person for entrance. If the total paid, for all 100 people, was $1300, how many students attended the museum opening?
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Question 1145312: A lorry loaded with 36 baskets of coconuts. How many basket of coconuts can we load in 15 lorries?
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Question 1145313: Henry is 1m 65cm tall. Charles is 16cm taller than Henry but 8cm shorter than Albert. How tall is Albert? Please show answer in meters and centimeters.Thank you!
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Question 1145325: In a certain medical test designed to measure carbohydrate tolerance, an adult drinks 9 ounces of a 20% glucose solution. When the test is administered to a child, the glucose concentration must be decreased to 10%. How much 20% glucose solution and how much water should be used to prepare 9 ounces of 10% glucose solution?
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Question 1145324: Six hundred people attended the premiere of a motion picture. Adult tickets cost $12, and children were admitted for $9. If box office receipts totaled $6720, how many children attended the premiere?

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Question 1145368: In a certain medical test designed to measure carbohydrate tolerance, an adult drinks 3 ounces of a 40% glucose solution. When the test is administered to a child, the glucose concentration must be decreased to 10%. How much 40% glucose solution and how much water should be used to prepare 3 ounces of 10% glucose solution?
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Question 1145419: 1. Write down the mathematical definition of a function.
2. Go out in the "real world" and find some relationship that illustrates the concept of a function. Write a description of this relationship explaining why you think this fits the mathematical definition of a function.
3. List or describe the elements in the domain of your “real world” example.

4. List or describe the elements in the range of your “real world” example.
5. Could the domain and range be interchanged and this relationship still represent a function? Explain why or why not in terms of the definition you wrote in #1.

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Question 1145494: How to solve for x and n. for the equation given below?
2^(n) ⋅ x = 2^(10) ⋅ 500
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Question 1145494: How to solve for x and n. for the equation given below?
2^(n) ⋅ x = 2^(10) ⋅ 500
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Question 1145494: How to solve for x and n. for the equation given below?
2^(n) ⋅ x = 2^(10) ⋅ 500
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Question 1145514: Found this tip:

To convert inches to millimeters. add 1/4 inch for every 15 inches, then multiply by 25. Accurate to within + - 0.09%
15 + 1/4 = 15.25 * 25 = 381.25
15.25 * 25.4 = 387.35
Where am I correct?
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Question 1145611: toni has completed 4/5 of a race. if she has run 2 3/5 kilometers so far, how long is the entire race?
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Question 1145611: toni has completed 4/5 of a race. if she has run 2 3/5 kilometers so far, how long is the entire race?
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Question 1145643: How many seconds are in 60 hours? (please show work)
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Question 1145656: An amphitheater has a number of rows with 30 seats in the first row, 32 in the second, 34 in the third and so on.
The question is: How many rows should be there to get 3950 seats?
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I know that the formula to get the number of seats in a row is Sn(n/2)(a1+1n). But I'm struggling to figure out a formula to figure out how many rows there are given the number of seats.
Thanks
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Question 1145762: Jim cashed a paycheck and gave his son $10. He then spent $30 on fuel for his car and half of the remaining money on a new tent. He bought a pair of running shoes for $29.45 and had $17.75 left. How much did he receive when he cashed his paycheck?
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Question 1145779: how many students from the math club went to the soap box derby. which operations could you use to solve this word problem

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Question 1145881: Hi
the ratio of the cost of a file to a pen is 3:1.the file costs $1.60 more than the pen. Find the average cost per item of 5 files and 3 pens.
thanks
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Question 1145912: Someone works for 50 weeks at 40 hours per week and wastes 15 minutes each workday, they will be paid for an amount of time for work not done.
Determine amt. of time.

I used Monday - Friday at 40 hrs.
50 weeks = .9615 years

15 min. = .25 hrs.
Not sure how to solve. Non-homework.
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Question 1145911: Someone works for 50 weeks at 40 hours per week and wastes 15 minutes each workday, they will be paid for an amount of time for work not done.
Determine amt. of time.

I used Monday - Friday at 40 hrs.
50 weeks = .9615 years

15 min = .25 hrs.
Not sure how to solve. Non-homework.
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Question 1145915: Julie earned $25. This is 5 times as much as what Lisa earned. How much did Lisa earn?
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Question 1145923: a rectangular piece of cardboard measures 17cm by 14cm stripes of equal width are cutoff one side and one end. the area of the remaining piece is 108cm^2 find the width of the stripes removed?

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Question 1145936: An inch of rain on an acre of land weighs n amt. Determine weight.
A cu. ft. of water = 7.5 gal., weighs 62.5 lbs.

1 in. = .083333 ft.

.083333 * 43560 = 3269.985 cu. ft.

3269.985 * 7.5 = 24524.88 gal.
24524.88 * 62.5 = 1532805 lbs. = 766.40 tons

Where did I miscalculate?

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Question 1145967: The following data was collected from 10 visitors to Disneyland. A researcher stood at the entrance gate and interviewed the first 10 families that agreed to participate. Each family was asked, “How many times have you been to Disneyland?” The data values were: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 7. The average number of visits was calculated and reported.
Is this an observational or experimental study?

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Question 1145992: Rupert drove home at an average rate of 625 mph. Find his rate in feet per second. Round to the nearest 10th
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