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Question 1205903: A square patchwork quilt is made of many small squares. The quilt is too small to place on designated furniture. Quilt is to be enlarged square one row each way. 177 more squares are made and are just enough to increase to desired size. Determine number of small squares in original.
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Question 1205903: A square patchwork quilt is made of many small squares. The quilt is too small to place on designated furniture. Quilt is to be enlarged square one row each way. 177 more squares are made and are just enough to increase to desired size. Determine number of small squares in original.
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Question 1205903: A square patchwork quilt is made of many small squares. The quilt is too small to place on designated furniture. Quilt is to be enlarged square one row each way. 177 more squares are made and are just enough to increase to desired size. Determine number of small squares in original.
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Question 1205909: A building is constructed on a rectangular plot 3 times as long as it is wide. The building needed expanding a few years later. A portion of land containing 77 sq. yds. was obtained, increasing the lot 3 ft. in each direction. Determine dimensions of new plot.
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Question 1205909: A building is constructed on a rectangular plot 3 times as long as it is wide. The building needed expanding a few years later. A portion of land containing 77 sq. yds. was obtained, increasing the lot 3 ft. in each direction. Determine dimensions of new plot.
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Question 1205918: 2000 shares of stocks and bonds sold for $200,000. Bonds were sold for $400 each. Preferred stock sold at 2 for $100. Common stock (employees only) sold at 4 for $100. Determine number of common stock sold.
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Question 1205918: 2000 shares of stocks and bonds sold for $200,000. Bonds were sold for $400 each. Preferred stock sold at 2 for $100. Common stock (employees only) sold at 4 for $100. Determine number of common stock sold.
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Question 1205985: A 133-lb student races upstairs with a vertical height of 5.3 m in 6.5 s to get to a class on the second floor. How much power in watts does the student expend in doing work against gravity? The Answer has to be in Watts.
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Question 1205989: Which has more kinetic energy: a 0.0013-kg bullet traveling at 399 m/s or a 7.8 x 10^7-kg ocean liner traveling at 12 m/s (23 knots)?
the ocean liner has greater kinetic energy
Justify your answer.
Ek-bullet = 103.48 J (this one is correct)
Ek-ocean liner = J (I cannot find the answer for this one)
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Question 1206026: A square corner lot was purchased, and owner intended to construct a house. Owner was to lay a sidewalk facing both streets. 61 blocks of stone were used, each a yard square. Another person offered to purchase the lot at a profit of $100 a sq. ft. Owner accepted offer. Determine amt. he made.
9 sq ft. = 1 sq. yd.
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Question 1206026: A square corner lot was purchased, and owner intended to construct a house. Owner was to lay a sidewalk facing both streets. 61 blocks of stone were used, each a yard square. Another person offered to purchase the lot at a profit of $100 a sq. ft. Owner accepted offer. Determine amt. he made.
9 sq ft. = 1 sq. yd.
Unsure how to solve.
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Question 1206044: Mr. Smith had just finished baking a cake for the mathematicians’ banquet. The cake was specially designed in the shape of a cube. In the process of carrying the cake to the frosting table, Mr. Smith suddenly slipped and the cube-cake went sailing into the vat of chocolate frosting. Mr. Smith thought quickly and then yelled “FIRE!” (He knew that no one would come to help if he yelled, “Chocolate”).
Almost immediately help arrived and the cake was fished out of the chocolate. Fortunately, the cube-cake was still in one piece, but was now frosted on all sides.
Mr. Smith proceeded to the banquet hall with his unusually frosted cake in hand.
The mathematicians were delighted when they saw the cube-cake with all of the frosting. They asked Mr. Smith to stay and cut the cake.
One of the mathematicians, Mrs. Hayne suggested that the cake be cut into cube-shaped pieces, all pieces the same size. Mr. Smith agreed, but before cutting the cake he turned to Mrs. Hayne and asked how many mathematicians would like a piece without frosting, a piece with only one side frosted, a piece with exactly two sides frosted, or a piece with three sides frosted.
Being a mathematician, Mrs. Hayne responded, “Cut the cake so that the number of pieces without frosting is equal to eight times the number of pieces that have frosting on three sides. You will then have enough of each type of piece to satisfy everyone, with nothing left over.”
Please answer the following questions.
How many mathematicians attended the banquet?
How many mathematicians were served a piece of cake without frosting? How many mathematicians requested a piece with only one side frosted? How many were served a piece of cake with exactly two sides frosted? How many requested a piece with three sides frosted?
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Question 1206052: Hi
Ryan had $120 more than Kaden. Kaden had 1/4 as much as Ryan. Both of them spent a total of $170. As a result Kaden had 2/3 as much as Ryan.
A) how much did they have altogether in the end.
B) how much did Kaden have in the end.
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Question 1206052: Hi
Ryan had $120 more than Kaden. Kaden had 1/4 as much as Ryan. Both of them spent a total of $170. As a result Kaden had 2/3 as much as Ryan.
A) how much did they have altogether in the end.
B) how much did Kaden have in the end.
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Question 1206081: On a certain hot summer's day, 503 people used the public swimming pool. The daily prices are $ 1.75 for children and $ 2.25 for adults. The receipts for admission totaled $ 1006.25 . How many children and how many adults swam at the public pool that day?
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Question 1206116: Maria invests a total of $33,500 in two accounts paying 13% and 10% simple interest, respectively. How much was invested in each account if, after one year, the total interest was $3,860.00.
A) Enter an equation that uses the information as it is given that can be used to solve this problem. Use as your variable to represent the amount of money invested in the account paying 13% simple interest.
Equation:
B) The answers are:
$
was invested at 13% and
$
was invested at 10%.
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Question 1206116: Maria invests a total of $33,500 in two accounts paying 13% and 10% simple interest, respectively. How much was invested in each account if, after one year, the total interest was $3,860.00.
A) Enter an equation that uses the information as it is given that can be used to solve this problem. Use as your variable to represent the amount of money invested in the account paying 13% simple interest.
Equation:
B) The answers are:
$
was invested at 13% and
$
was invested at 10%.
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Question 1206119: Hi
Haresh gave 40% of his money and an additional $5 to Bob. He gave 75% of his remaining money and an additional $6 to Karen. The amount of money haresh had at the end was $44 less than what he gave to Karen. Find the amount haresh gave to Bob.
This is word for word from my sons textbook.
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Question 1206119: Hi
Haresh gave 40% of his money and an additional $5 to Bob. He gave 75% of his remaining money and an additional $6 to Karen. The amount of money haresh had at the end was $44 less than what he gave to Karen. Find the amount haresh gave to Bob.
This is word for word from my sons textbook.
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Question 1206119: Hi
Haresh gave 40% of his money and an additional $5 to Bob. He gave 75% of his remaining money and an additional $6 to Karen. The amount of money haresh had at the end was $44 less than what he gave to Karen. Find the amount haresh gave to Bob.
This is word for word from my sons textbook.
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Question 1206119: Hi
Haresh gave 40% of his money and an additional $5 to Bob. He gave 75% of his remaining money and an additional $6 to Karen. The amount of money haresh had at the end was $44 less than what he gave to Karen. Find the amount haresh gave to Bob.
This is word for word from my sons textbook.
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Question 1206119: Hi
Haresh gave 40% of his money and an additional $5 to Bob. He gave 75% of his remaining money and an additional $6 to Karen. The amount of money haresh had at the end was $44 less than what he gave to Karen. Find the amount haresh gave to Bob.
This is word for word from my sons textbook.
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Question 1206129: Hi
Haresh gave 1/6 of his money to Jane. He spent $8 less than 1/3 of the remaining money on books. Haresh had $68 left. How much did he have at first.
My son solved it by working backwards, can you show how to solve it algebraically.
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Question 1206129: Hi
Haresh gave 1/6 of his money to Jane. He spent $8 less than 1/3 of the remaining money on books. Haresh had $68 left. How much did he have at first.
My son solved it by working backwards, can you show how to solve it algebraically.
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