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Question 106362: help!!! my # is a multiple of 150 -- 9 is a factor of my # -- my # has 3 digits
the sum of the # in my digit is 9
I think you meant to say, as the last condition, that the sum of the digits in your number is 9.
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Question 106367: Becky and Rita are 648 miles apart. Becky walks toward Rita at the rate of 2.25 m/s and Rita runs towards Becky. What is Rita's average speed if she reaches Becky in 1.6 minutes?
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Question 106357: im trying to figure out how to get k from this equation: T= 2pi times the square root of m/k. I want to know how to rearrange this in order to get k.
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Question 106348: Cassy had a bag of candy and was heading to the playground when she was intercepted by her arch nemesis, Rachelle. Rachelle thought Cassy had made fun of her the pervious day, so Rachelle tried to grab the bag of candy away from Cassy. In the ensuing battle, half the candy plus two pieces fell on the ground. Cassy maintained control of the bag and ran to the office to tattle on Rachelle. On the way to the office Cassy ran into Julio, whom she had a crush on. She gave Julio some of the candy in her bag, which just happened to be equal to one-fourth of what was left, plus five pieces. Just before Cassy got to theoffice her best friend Madison caught up with her. Cassy gave Madison half of the candy she had left. When Cassy got to the office and told the story to the principal, he asked to see the bag of candy. He told Cassy he would talk to Rachelle, but that it was against school policy to have candy on the campus. He then ate the remaining two pieces of candy. How many pieces of candy were originally in the bag?
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Question 106361: help!!! my # is a multiple of 150 -- 9 is a factor of my # -- my # has 3 digits
the sum of the # in my digit is 9
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Question 106391: Once again!!!
My # is square
My # is easy
My # is 3 digits
3 is a factor of my #
Help!!!!
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Question 106391: Once again!!!
My # is square
My # is easy
My # is 3 digits
3 is a factor of my #
Help!!!!
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Question 106446: Please help me with this word problem.One day, the temperature at 2:00 A.M. was 43�F, and by 3:00 P.M. the temperature was 56�F. What was the hourly rate of temperature change? I came up with 1�F/h. Thank-you

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Question 106448: Please help. An 18-ft board is cut into two pieces, one of which is 4 ft longer than the other. How long is each piece?
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Question 106448: Please help. An 18-ft board is cut into two pieces, one of which is 4 ft longer than the other. How long is each piece?
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Question 106455: Adult tickets for a play cost $18 and child tickets cost $2. If there were 20 people at a performance and the theater collected $88 from ticket sales, how many children attended the play?
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Question 106449: A rectangular corral built with 190 meters of fencing that includes four separate grazing areas lies on a 962 meters squared rectangular plot of land. The fence that divides the grazing areas is parallel to two of the sides of the corral. If there is a 1 meter strip of land between each side of the corral and the property line, find the dimensions fo the corral. There may be more than one answer.
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Question 106414: An escalator in a department store moves down at the rate of sixty-four steps per minute. Wendy can walk up ordianry steps at the rate of ninety-six steps per minute. In the store, forty-eight steps go from on level to another. Wendy walks up the down escalator. How long will it take her to go up one level?
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Question 106484: University of CT Scored 8 more points during the second half than during the first half. University of CT scored 62 points in all. How many points did they score in each half of the game?
Can you please show the steps for this problem?
Thank you very much!

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Question 106498: Suppose N=x^+2 models the number ofcases of infection, in millions, of a disease x years from now. Approximately how many years will there be 7 million cases.
I got this 7=x^+2
(-x^2)=(-5)
x=25
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Question 106454: Janet invested $31,000, part at 10% and part at 1%. If the total interest at the end of the year is $1,390, how much did she invest at 10%?
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Question 106406: Evaluate the following. Be sure to use the proper units.
5 lb/ft X 3 ft
Can someone please help me with this problem? I do not even no where to start.
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Question 106528: Please help me, Please.
A retired couple has $130,000 to invest to obtain annual income. They want some of it invested in safe Certificates of Deposit yielding 5%. The rest they want to invest in AA bonds yielding 10% per year. How much should they invest in each to realize exactly %10,500 per year?
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Question 106355: A farmer plans to fence a rectangular grazing area along a river with 300 yards of fence. Write an expression for the area A of grazing land in terms of the width w of the rectangle. Also, what is the largest area he can enclose?
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Question 106588: what label describes the following: 3x^2+5=12: (A)Linear equation (B) Equation which is not linear or (c)expression
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Question 106618: World grain demand. Freeport McMoRan projects that in 2010 world grain supply will be 1.8 trillion metric tons and the supply will only be 3/4 of world grain demand. What will world grain demand in 2010 be?
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Question 106622: We need help solving this word problem:
You rent a mountain bike & helmet for $10/hr; if you have your own helmet, $7/hr; or you can buy a helmet for $28. How many hours do you need to use the trail to justify buying the helmet?
This is what we did to solve the problem:
10 - 7 * X = 28
3x = 28
we divided each side by 3 and ended up with with a decimal
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Question 106747: Mike and Matthew are each responsible for mowing half of their 60 foot by 100 foot rectangular back yard. MIke starts mowing at an outside corner, gradually working his way toward the middle by mowing around the outside edges. If the mower cuts a 3-foot-wide path, during which trip around the yard should Mike stop and Matthew start mowing?
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Question 106707: According to the Weather Channel, the greatest number of tornado's in the United States occurs in June and the fewest number occurs in December. The average number of tornado's in June is 16 less than 11 times the average number of tornado's in December. If the difference between the average number of tornado's in June and December is 204, determine the average number of tornado's in December and June.

I was told we must find the equation then solve. I'am so lost please help.
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Question 106794: There are 103 coins in all, totalling $15.25. How many quarters and how many dimes are there?
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Question 106793: Angela needs 20 quarts of 50% antifreeze solution in her radiator. She plans to obtain this by mixing some pure antifreeze with an appropriate amount of 40% antifreeze solution. How many quarts of each should she use?
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Question 106830: In a town election, the winning candidate had 220 more votes than the loser. If 810 votes were cast in all. How many votes did each candidate receive??
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Question 106908: The cost in dollars of manufacturing w wing nuts is given by the expression 0.07w + 13.3. Find the cost when 375 wing nuts are made. What is the average cost to manufacture one wing nut?
Please help have no idea how to get started.
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Question 106978: andre hit four more home runs than twice the number of home runs larry hit. together they hit 10 home runs. how many home runs did andre hit?

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Question 106907: The cost in dollars of manufacturing w wing nuts is given by the expression 0.07w + 13.3. Find the cost when 375 wing nuts are made. What is the average cost to manufacture one wing nut?
Please help have no idea how to get started.
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Question 107118: A train and a car leave a station at the same time. The train travels due north and the car travels due west. When thy are 100 miles apart, the train has traveled 20 miles further that the car traveled. Find the distance each has traveled. (right triangle)
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Question 107166: 1. a value decreased by 7
2. five more than one-third a number
3. four less than 7 times a number
4. 18 less than a number is 23 What is the number
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Question 107188: A sly old fox ate 100 grapes in 5 days, each day eating 6 more than on the day before. How many did he eat on each of the 5 days?
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Question 107160: A rancher bought some calves for $170 dollars each Some one stole 6 of them. The rancher sold the remaining calves for 240 each. He paid a feed bill of 400 dollars and still made a profit of $4110. How many claves did he buy?
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Question 107243: 1. What number added to 74 gives 265?

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Question 107169: 1. Four less than nine times a number is one hundred twenty-two. Find the original number?
2. Maria has a summer job as a tennis instructor to earn her college tuition. She gets paid $6.50 per hour for the first 40 hourrs and $9.75 for each hour in the week worked more than 40 hours. This summer her goal is to earn at least #338.00 per week. How many hours of overtime per week will she need to achieve her goal?
3. Algebraic expression
Mark Spitz won two more Olympic medals than Carl Lewis did
4. clearance of a bridge is less than 12 ft
5. the tax increase is more than $7890
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Question 107286: The lowest temperature ever recorded in the state of Oregon was -54 degrees Fahrenheit(in Seneca, on February 10, 1933). The state's record high temperature occurred in Pendleton in August 10, 1848, when it reached 119 degrees Fahrenheit. What is the historical temperature range in the state of Oregon?
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Question 107298: There is a pool of water. One Pipe empties the pool in 45 minutes. The other pipe empties it in 67.5 minutes. How long would it take to empty the pool if both pipes were used together?
This is from a worksheet my son brought home.
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Question 107312: If x is an odd whole number, which of the following also represents an odd number?
a. 2x+1
b. x-2
c. 4x-3
d. all of the above
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Question 107313: The sum of 4 hours 17 minutes, 3 hours and 58 minutes, 45 minutes, and 7 hours and 12 minutes is?
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Question 107321: A garden hose can fill a swimming pool in 3 days, and a larger hose can fill the pool in 2 days. How long will it take to fill the pool if both hoses are used?
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Question 103500: graph the following equation y =-x + 1
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Question 107364: If 8 lb. 12 oz. of fruit were to be divided among eight people, how much would each receive?
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Question 107363: The sum of 4 hours and 17 minutes, 3 hours and 58 minutes, 45 minutes, and 7 hours and 12 minutes is?
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