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Question 29116: i need help on this problem fast, i need the answer in the next hour...please! this was the only problem that i cant solve. the price,p, of oil varies inversely as the supply, s. an opec nation sells oil for $19.50 per barrel when its daily production level is 4 million barrels. at what price will it sell if the daily production level is decreased by 3 million barrels?
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Question 29035: In his will, a man leaves one-half of his money to his wife, one-half of what is left to his older child, and one-half of what is then left to his younger child. His cousins divide the remainder equally, each receiving $2000. What was the total amount of money in the man's will and how much did his wife and each child get?
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Question 29351: Penny's bicycle trip from colorado springs to pikes peak took 1.5 hours longer than the return trip to colorado springs. if she averaged 6 mph on the way to pikes peak and 15 mph for the return trip, then how long was the ride from Colorado springs to pikes peak?
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Question 29465: Ahh...please help. How do I set this up??? That's all I need. I am confused.
A man goes into a grocery store and buys a grapefruit and a toy ball. A 7% tax is applied to the price of non food items. If the total bill is $5.15, including $.018 in tax on the toy ball, what are the prices of the grapefruit and the ball? Thanks.. :)
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Question 29464: I have tried this coin problem several ways and can't get it to add up right. Supposidly we are to answer it using the elimination method. The question is.
Sam has a collection of nickels and dimes that is worth $5.65. If the number of dimes wer doubled and the number of nickels were increased by 8. The value of the coins would be $10.45. How many dimes does he have?
I set it up like this. x= nickles y = dimes
5x + 10y = 5.65
5(x + 8) + 2(10y) = 10.45
I came up with x = 9, and y = 44. There is no way that is right. I have spent hours on this. Please help!!
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Question 29590: I need help on this last problem!
CLASSIC PROBLEM - A traveling salesman (selling shoes) stops at a farm in the Midwest. Before he could knock on the door, he noticed an old truck on fire. He rushed over and pulled a young lady out of the flaming truck. Farmer Crane came out and gratefully thanked the traveling salesman for saving his daughter’s life. Mr. Crane insisted on giving the man an award for his heroism.
So, the salesman said, “If you insist, I do not want much. Get your checkerboard and place one grain of wheat on the first square. Then place two grains of wheat on the next square. Then place four grains on the third square. Continue this until all 64 squares are covered with grains of wheat.” As he had just harvested his wheat, Mr. Crane did not consider this much of an award, but he soon realized he made a miscalculation on the amount of wheat involved.
c) Calculate the amount of wheat necessary to fill the whole checkerboard (64 squares). How much wheat would the farmer need to give the salesman?
Thank you a ton!!!
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Question 29611: 7. Passengers boarded a plane in Phoenix. In Dallas, ½ of the passengers got off and 4/5 of the original number got on. In Memphis, ¾ of the passengers got off and twice the number of remaining passengers got on. In Chicago, ⅔ of the passengers got off the plane, leaving 39 passengers. How many passengers originally boarded the plane in Phoenix?
8. A group of students is trying to evenly divide the cookies remaining from a bake sale. If each student takes three cookies, there are five cookies left. If each student takes four cookies, they are two cookies short. How many students and how many cookies are there?
9. A used car salesman buys a car for $2500 and sells it for $4327. He then buys a camper with two-thirds of his profit and sells the camper for twice what he paid for it. How much money did the salesman make during these transactions?
10. On the blueprint, the scale indicates that 2 cm represents 5 ft. What are the actual dimensions of a room that is 4.8 cm by 6 cm on the blueprint?
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Question 29486: I need help with theses problems please.
1. I think of a number, subtract 4, multiply the result by three and end up with an answer that is two less than the number I first thought of. Find the number I first thought of.
I tried x - 4 x 3 = x - 2
x - 12 = x - 2
x - x = -2 + 12
= 10
I dont know where I went wrong
2. I think of a number, add two, multiply the answer by three and then subtract 11. This gives an answer equal to twicw the number first thought of. Find the number first thought of
I tried x + 2 x 3 - 11 = 2x
x + 6 - 11 = 2x
- 5 = x
I got it wrong but I dont know where I went wrong
3. I think of a number, double it, add three, multiply the result by two, take away the first number I first thought of and end up with 27. Find the number I first thought of
I tried 2x + 3 x 2 = x - 27
2x + 6 = x - 27
x = -21
where am I going wrong?
Can someone please help? Thanks
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Question 29620: Hello, I was wondering if you could help me solve this word problem
You live in ancient England, and your father asks you to take some horses to your uncle, who lives 5 miles away. However, he forgets that there are 3 toll collectors along the road.
Each toll collector makes you give him half the horses you have, plus half of a horse. When you reach your uncle, you have NO horses left. If it wasn't necessary to carve any horses in half as you traveled, how many horses did your start with?
Thank You!
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Question 29707: Hey, I have been trying to figure out this problem, but i'm Stumped.
Jalisha invested some money and made an 8% profit. The current value of her investment is $1,296. How much did she invest initially?
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Question 29788: A soil supplement that weights 24 Lb contains iron, pottasium and a mulch. There is five times as much mulch as iron and twice as much pottasium as iron. Find the amount of mulch in th soil supplement.
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Question 29713: A shoemaker died, leaving behind 17 pairs of men's shoes and boots. In his last will and testament he disposed of them as follows: 1/2 of the collection to his youngest, hardworking, son; 1/3 to the middle son; and 1/9 to "Lazybones", the eldest son.
Understanding that it was not possible to divide the 17 pairs into halves, thirds, and ninths, the exasperated executor of the will tossed in his own footwear, making it a total of eighteen pairs, which he divided as follows: 1/2, or 9 pairs, to the youngest son; 1/3, or 6 pairs, to the middle son; and 1/9, or 2 pairs, to the eldest son.
Upon realizing that adding up 9, 6, and 2 made 17, the executor elatedly retrieved his own pair of shoes and closed the estate.
Question: What's the mistake in the shoemaker's problem?
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Question 29713: A shoemaker died, leaving behind 17 pairs of men's shoes and boots. In his last will and testament he disposed of them as follows: 1/2 of the collection to his youngest, hardworking, son; 1/3 to the middle son; and 1/9 to "Lazybones", the eldest son.
Understanding that it was not possible to divide the 17 pairs into halves, thirds, and ninths, the exasperated executor of the will tossed in his own footwear, making it a total of eighteen pairs, which he divided as follows: 1/2, or 9 pairs, to the youngest son; 1/3, or 6 pairs, to the middle son; and 1/9, or 2 pairs, to the eldest son.
Upon realizing that adding up 9, 6, and 2 made 17, the executor elatedly retrieved his own pair of shoes and closed the estate.
Question: What's the mistake in the shoemaker's problem?
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Question 29877: I have searched this site for a certain word problem that I am stumped on. I have seen similar problems but I still do not understand how to solve. Would someone be kind enough to help me with this? Thank you so much!
A traveling salesman (selling shoes) stops at a farm in the Midwest. Before he could knock on the door, he noticed an old truck on fire. He rushed over and pulled a young lady out of the flaming truck. Farmer Crane came out and gratefully thanked the traveling salesman for saving his daughter’s life. Mr. Crane insisted on giving the man an award for his heroism.
So, the salesman said, “If you insist, I do not want much. Get your checkerboard and place one grain of wheat on the first square. Then place two grains of wheat on the next square. Then place four grains on the third square. Continue this until all 64 squares are covered with grains of wheat.” As he had just harvested his wheat, Mr. Crane did not consider this much of an award, but he soon realized he made a miscalculation on the amount of wheat involved.
a) How much wheat would Mr. Brown have to put on the 24nd square?
b) How much total grain would the traveling salesman receive if the checkerboard only had 24 squares?
c)Calculate the amount of wheat necessary to fill the whole checkerboard (64 squares). How much wheat would the farmer need to give the salesman?
I've attempted the first question and here is what I have:
24= 1x2^24-1
= 2^23
=8,388,608
Please help. Thanks.
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Question 29998: A baker purchased 12lb. of wheat flour and 15lb. of rye flour for a total cost of 18.30. A second purchase, at the same prices, included 15lb. of wheat flour and 10lb. of rye flour. the cost of the second purchase was 16.75. Find the cost per pound of wheat and rye flours.
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Question 30014: 6. Gary hung seven strings of holiday lights on his house. Some strings had 75 lights and the rest had 100 lights per string. When a fuse blew. One-third of the lights went out but 400 lights still worked. How many of the seven strings had 75 lights?
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Question 30049: Please help me with my homework problem #47: The distance s, in feet, traveled by a body falling freely from rest in t seconds is approximated by s = 16t^2.
A pebble is droped into the well and takes 3 sec to hit the water. How far down is the surface of the water?
Thanking you for your help in advance.
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Question 30048: Please help me with my homework problem #47: The distance s, in feet, traveled by a body falling freely from rest in t seconds is approximated by s = 16t^2.
A pebble is droped into the well and takes 3 sec to hit the water. How far down is the surface of the water?
Thanking you for your help in advance.
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