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Question 1171195: A rectangular field is to be bounded by a fence on three sides and by a straight stream on the fourth side. Find the dimensions of the field with maximum area that can be enclosed with 1000 feet of fencing.
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Question 1171239: My friend builds a fish pond for his fishes, goldfishes and a variety of carp. He decided to use two different hoses to easily fill his fish pond with water. If he used the thin hose, he would able to fill the pond in 24 minutes. But if he used the thick one, able to fill the pond in 8 minutes. Using the two hoses together, how long will it take him to fill the fishpond?
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Question 1171239: My friend builds a fish pond for his fishes, goldfishes and a variety of carp. He decided to use two different hoses to easily fill his fish pond with water. If he used the thin hose, he would able to fill the pond in 24 minutes. But if he used the thick one, able to fill the pond in 8 minutes. Using the two hoses together, how long will it take him to fill the fishpond?
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Question 1171238: During the COVID 19 Pandemic, Jose and Clara volunteered to help in the repacking of goods and rice to be given to the their community. Working together, they can finish repacking in 5 hours. If Clara works alone on the repacking of goods and rice, it will take her 3 times slower than Jose to complete the repacking. Find the number of hours for Clara alone to finish the repacking. What is also the time for Jose to complete repacking alone?
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Question 1171260: During the COVID 19 Pandemic, Jose and Clara volunteered to help in the repacking of goods and rice to be given to the their community. Working together, they can finish repacking in 5 hours. If Clara works alone on the repacking of goods and rice, it takes her 3 times as long as Jose to complete the repacking. Find the number of hours for Clara alone to finish the repacking. What is also the time for Jose to complete repacking alone?
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Question 1171260: During the COVID 19 Pandemic, Jose and Clara volunteered to help in the repacking of goods and rice to be given to the their community. Working together, they can finish repacking in 5 hours. If Clara works alone on the repacking of goods and rice, it takes her 3 times as long as Jose to complete the repacking. Find the number of hours for Clara alone to finish the repacking. What is also the time for Jose to complete repacking alone?
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Question 1171260: During the COVID 19 Pandemic, Jose and Clara volunteered to help in the repacking of goods and rice to be given to the their community. Working together, they can finish repacking in 5 hours. If Clara works alone on the repacking of goods and rice, it takes her 3 times as long as Jose to complete the repacking. Find the number of hours for Clara alone to finish the repacking. What is also the time for Jose to complete repacking alone?
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Question 1171261: Hi May spent 1/6 of her money on a dress and 2 blouses. The dress costs as much as 3 blouses. She spends 3/4 of the remaining money on a watch. The watch costs $220.50 more than the dress. How much did she have at first. Thanks
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Question 1171261: Hi May spent 1/6 of her money on a dress and 2 blouses. The dress costs as much as 3 blouses. She spends 3/4 of the remaining money on a watch. The watch costs $220.50 more than the dress. How much did she have at first. Thanks
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Question 1171306: A chair costs $452 and a table costs $1750. What will be cost of 15 chairs and 30 tables? I just need an answer, also I do have Adapted classes so sorry if I might not understand at first (or ever). Thanks in advanced.
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Question 1171315: Hi Jane bought 1/3 as many almond cookies as chocolate cookies.She gave each of her friends 3 almond & 4 chocolate cookies.She then had 3 almond & 24 chocolate cookies left.
How many friends received cookies from her.
How many chocolate cookies did she buy.
Thanks
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Question 1171355: Hi. Town P and town Q were 720km apart. Maggie and Anne left town P at the same time. The average speed of Anne was 40km per hour while Maggie was 60km per hour. As soon as they passed point K which was 1/3 of the total distance, Maggie began to travel at 80km per hour. Both of them took the same number of hours to travel from P to Q.
How long did Maggie take to travel from P to Q.
What was Annie's average speed from point K to town Q.
Thanks
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Question 1171356: Hi
Bob on his way from his home to town A after covering 3/8 of his journey, passed a lorry which was travelling at 80km per hour. When Bob reached town A 4 hours later the lorry was still 60km from town A . If the lorry had started 48km away from Bobs home how long did the lorry take to travel to town A.
Thanks
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Question 1171384: Hi I need a bit of help.
Find a negative number whose square is 12 more than itself.
X represents the number.
I got -(x)+12=x^2 or x+12=x^2
Do I put the - and the brackets?
For the first equation with brackets I get x=-4 but for the second equation without brackets I get x=-3.
Thanks
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Question 1171384: Hi I need a bit of help.
Find a negative number whose square is 12 more than itself.
X represents the number.
I got -(x)+12=x^2 or x+12=x^2
Do I put the - and the brackets?
For the first equation with brackets I get x=-4 but for the second equation without brackets I get x=-3.
Thanks
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Question 1171389: Hi, I would like to know how to solve the following word problem using rational expressions and a Distance-Speed-Time table:
Two cyclists, Emaan and Daijah-Leigh, enter a 200-km bicycle race. Emaan cycles 5 km/h faster than Daijah-Leigh, but her bicycle gets a flat tire, which takes a half-hour to repair. If Emaan and Daijah-Leigh finish the race in a tie, then determine the speed of each cyclist? Answer to one decimal place.
Sorry if I selected the wrong topic for my question, I was unsure which one I was supposed to pick.
Thanks!
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Question 1171389: Hi, I would like to know how to solve the following word problem using rational expressions and a Distance-Speed-Time table:
Two cyclists, Emaan and Daijah-Leigh, enter a 200-km bicycle race. Emaan cycles 5 km/h faster than Daijah-Leigh, but her bicycle gets a flat tire, which takes a half-hour to repair. If Emaan and Daijah-Leigh finish the race in a tie, then determine the speed of each cyclist? Answer to one decimal place.
Sorry if I selected the wrong topic for my question, I was unsure which one I was supposed to pick.
Thanks!
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Question 1171553: From the Michigan Papyrus ( 150 A.D.). Given four numbers with the sum of 9,900, let the Second exceed the First by 17 , let the third exceed the sum of the First two by 300, and let the fourth exceed the sum of the First three by 300. Find the four numbers. Show your solution
First ___________
Second _________
Third ___________
Fourth __________
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Question 1171552: From the Michigan Papyrus ( 150 A.D.). Given four numbers with the sum of 9,900, let the Second exceed the First by 17 , let the third exceed the sum of the First two by 300, and let the fourth exceed the sum of the First three by 300. Find the four numbers. Show your solution
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Question 1171559: You are sitting on a field when you saw an airplane that was 350 ft. away from you. The height of the airplane
is 545 ft. from the ground. Find the angle of elevation from the ground where you are sitting to the airplane.
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Question 1171556: From Precious Mirror of the Four Elements ( 1303 A.D. ) . I take along a bottle with some wine in it for an excursion in the spring. On reaching a tavern, I double the bottle’s content and drink 1 9/10 dou in the tavern. After passing 4 taverns, the bottle is empty. How much wine was there at the beginning? Show your solutions.
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Question 1171556: From Precious Mirror of the Four Elements ( 1303 A.D. ) . I take along a bottle with some wine in it for an excursion in the spring. On reaching a tavern, I double the bottle’s content and drink 1 9/10 dou in the tavern. After passing 4 taverns, the bottle is empty. How much wine was there at the beginning? Show your solutions.
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Question 1171644: Please help
The Johnson family and the Nguyen family each used their sprinklers last summer. The Johnson family's sprinkler was used for 25 hours. The Nguyen family's sprinkler was used for 35 hours. There was a combined total output of 1025 L of water. What was the water output rate for each sprinkler if the sum of the two rates was 35 L per hour?
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Question 1171678: Ben and Dan are in a race, traveling numerous times around a closed circuit. Ben can complete the circuit in 25 min., Dan in 30 min. If the two start at the same time, determine amount of time Ben laps Dan.
Not sure how to solve.
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Question 1171692: please help
A party rental company has chairs and tables for rent. The total cost to rent 2 chairs and 3 tables is $31. The total cost to rent 6 chairs and 5 tables is $59. What is the cost to rent each chair and each table?
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Question 1171741: Please help me (other email was wrong in question)
A party rental company has chairs and tables for rent. The total cost to rent 2 chairs and 3 tables is $31. The total cost to rent 6 chairs and 5 tables is $59. What is the cost to rent each chair and each table?
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Question 1171829: 1. Cedric raises chickens and rabbits. When he counts the heads, he gets 82. When he counts the legs, he gets 232. How many of each type (rabbits and chickens) does Cedric have?
2. You are at a special location. When you look out of any window, you are looking south. There is a brisk storm outside but you can make out a short native creature approaching. What color is the creature?
3. At low tide, 17 rungs, of a gangplank fixed to the side of a boat, are out of the water. The space between each of the rungs is 6 inches and the sea rises at a rate of 1 foot per hour. After two and a half hours, of rising tide, how many rungs remain out of the water?
4. Crystal made a wonderful Christmas tree for her math teacher. She used the first 7 levels of Pascal’s triangle for the tree and the stump was the sum of the numbers in the 11th row and the 12th row, respectively. Fill in the numbers of the tree. (200 homework pts or 3 test pts).
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____, ____
____, ____, ____
____, ______, ______, ____
____, ______, ______, ______, ____
____, ______, ________, ________, ______, ____
____, ______, _______, ________, ________, ______, ____
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5. Christian Goldbach stated that every odd number greater than 7 can be written as the sum of three prime numbers. Rewrite each of the following as the sum of three prime numbers: 85, 53 and 169. (100 homework pts or 2 test pts)
88 = ________________, 31 = __________________, 169 = __________________
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Question 1172067: Ike sells grapes at a farmers market. Each pound of grapes sells for the same amount. The table below shows the total prices for different numbers of pounds of grapes sold.
Number of Pounds Sold
2
4
10
Total
Price ($)
$4.50
$9.00
$22.50
A. In equation form describe the relationship between the number of pounds of grapes sold(x) and the total price (y), in dollars.
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Question 1172088: Hi
A B C D share a sum of money.A has half of the total amount of money that B C D have. B has 1/3 of the total amount of money that A C D have. C has 1/7 of the total amount of money that A B D have.
What fraction of the total sum of money does D have. D has $84. What is the total money shared by A B C D. Thank you.
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