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Question 178691: Rewrite not(p or q) using DeMorgan's laws. huh??? Help
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Question 178690: For each of the following conditionals, identify the antecedent and the consequent. Form the converse, inverse, and contrapositive.
(a) If I don�t go to the movie, I�ll study my math.
(b) Your car won�t start if you don�t have gasoline in the tank.
Please help...
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Question 178699: for 100 crowns, a certain farmer bought some horses, goats, and sheep. For a horse, he paid 3 1/2 crowns, for a goat, 1 1/3 crowns, and for a sheep, 1/2 crown. Assuming he bought at least 7 of each and that he bought 100 animals in all, how many horses, goats, and sheep did he buy?
many thanks for your help.
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Question 178715: Please help.
Thomas is going to make an open-top box by cutting equal squares from the four corners of an 11 inch by 14 inch sheet of cardboard and folding up the sides. If the area of the base is to be 80 square inches, then what size square should be cut from each corner?
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Question 178716: Please help.
An artist wants her painting to be in the shape of a golden rectangle. If the length of the painting is 36 inches, then what should be the width?
L/W = W/L-W
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Question 178755: The police use the formula v=4.9√L to estimatethe speed of a car v based on the length L of its skid marks on dry pavement.
a. What is a reasonable estimate for a car's speed if its skid marks measure 220 feet?
b. What would be the length of your skid marks if you drove with the speed of 65 mph?
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Question 178754: Question 1) A square flower bed in Michelle's garden is to be enlarged by adding 3 feet on each side. If the larger square has an area of 169 square feet, what is the length of the original square?
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Question 178750: Find the 100th term from this sequence 3,6,12,24,48.
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Question 178750: Find the 100th term from this sequence 3,6,12,24,48.
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Question 178764: Did I do this truth table correctly??? Help
Construct a truth table for (not q and p) if-then not q
p q (not p and q) if-then not q
T T F F T T F
T F T T T T T
F T F F F F F
F F T F F T T

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Question 178795: Tickets for a concert were sold to adults for $3 and to students for $2. If the total receipts were $824 and twice as many adult tickets as student tickets were sold, then how many of each were sold?
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Question 178802:
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Question 178810: Translate to an equation and solve.
If you subtract a number from 4 times its square, the result is 3.
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Question 178809: Translate to an equation and solve.
If you subtract a number from 4 times its square, the result is 3.
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Question 178799: Use an Euler diagram to determine whether the syllogism is valid or invalid
All actresses are beautiful
Some actresses are tall
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Law of detachment
(Therefore)Some beautiful people are tall.
Can you help me ???

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Question 178841: A man left an estate of $64,000 to three children. The eldest child received 3 times as much as the youngest. The middle child received $14,000 more than the youngest. How much did each child get? thanks so much
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Question 178543: Fill the headings of the following truth table using p, q, , , , and .
p q (a) (b)
T T T F
T F T F
F T T F
F F F T

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Question 178871: A bacteria culture doubles in size every 8 hrs. The culture starts with 150 cells. How many will there be after 24 hrs? 72hrs?
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Question 178871: A bacteria culture doubles in size every 8 hrs. The culture starts with 150 cells. How many will there be after 24 hrs? 72hrs?
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Question 178869: A population of 2500 triples in size every 10 yrs. What will the population be in 30 yrs?
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Question 178870: Your parents invested $2000 in a college fund for you when you were 4 years old. It has doubled in value every 4 yrs. If you are now 16, how much is in your college fund?
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Question 178920: Slove the syste, by elinibation:
12x + 16y = -19
14x - 10y = 71
I know the anaqer is (11/4, -13/4) but
I hace to shiw how to get that.
thx 4 your help.
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Question 178929: ) Determine whether the argument is valid or invalid.
A tree has green leaves or the tree does not produce oxygen.
This tree has green leaves
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therefore This tree does not produce oxygen.

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Question 178927: Use Euler Diagrams to determine whether the following syllogism is valid or invalid.
Some senators are conservationists
No conservationists are pro-development
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therefore Some senators are not pro-development
help
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Question 178933: The police use the formula v = 4.9 √L to estimate the speed of a car v based on the length L of its skid marks on dry pavement.
a.) What is a reasonable estimate for a car's speed if its skid marks measure 220 feet?
b.) What would be the length of your skid marks if you drove with the speed of 65 mph?
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Question 178926: Construct a truth table for ~(p�q)
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Question 178925: Write the following compound statement in symbolic form
Let p: Today is Monday
q: Tomorrow is the day Sara leaves
If tomorrow is not the day Sara leaves, then today is Monday
Can you assist me please???

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Question 178960: Marc goes to the store with exactly $1.00 in change. He has at least one of each coin less than a half-dollar coin, but he does not have a half-dollar coin.
a.) what is the least number of coins he could have?
b.) what is the greatest number of coins he could have?
thanks again
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Question 178983: There are three baskets sitting next to each other on a high shelf so that you cannot see the contents of any basket. Under the first basket is a sign that says APPLES. Under the second basket is a sign that says ORANGES, and under the thrid basket is a sign that says APPLES AND ORANGES. Each basket is incorrectly labeled. One basket contains all apples, one all oranges, and one a combination of apples and oranges. Is it possible to reach up on the shelf and without looking into any of the baskets select one piece of fruit and on the basis of knowing what that piece of fruit is correctly label all three baskets? Explain your reasoning.
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Question 179021: Explain the difference between the following two statements:
All students passed the final.
Some students passed the final.
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Question 178981: A libraian finds that in one day, 344 people check out nonfiction books, 687 check out fiction books and 245 check out both fiction & nonfiction books. How many people checked out fiction or non fiction on that day?
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Question 179076: A grocer combines coffee that costs $8.00 per pound with coffee that costs $3.00 per pound. how many pounds of each should be used to make 80 lbs of a blend that costs $5.00 per pound? i am suppose to have an equation for this also
thank you soo much for helping me out!!
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Question 178096: if there are 28,706 possible no. combination in a range of 1-42...tate all the possible nos....
this was asked to me by my professor...he said... if i am right.. i could proved this...please help me... im really so terrified...thanks..
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Question 179086: Construct a truth table for not(p and q)
can you explain please
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Question 179093: Determine the truth value of the statement not q if and only if [ not r and (p or q)] when p is false, q is true, and r is true. Help please! Sorry I posted it incorrectly the first time...
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Question 179110: The fish population in a certain lake rises and falls accourding to the formula:
F=1000(30+15t-t^2)
Here, F is the number of fish at t, time, where t is measured in years since January 1,2002.
When will the fish population be the same as it was on January 1,2002?
All of the fish will die after approximately t=?
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Question 179096: ) Determine the truth value of the following statement:
Rembrandt was a famous painter and some odd number are prime.

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Question 179174: 48 students participated in a taste test of three new flavors of icecream.half preffered block of chocolate, and 13 preferred pucker up lemon.how many preferred honeydew swirl?
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Question 179192: Determine which, if any, of the three statements are equivalent.
a) If today is Monday, then tomorrow is not Wednesday
b) It is false that today is Monday and tomorrow is not Wednesday
c) Today is not Monday or tomorrow is Wednesday
I do not think any of these are equivalent, ?? Is this sound thinking...?
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Question 179194: Use De Morgan�s Laws to determine whether the two statements are equivalent
(a) not(p and q), (b) not (q or not p)
I have:(a) if and only if not p or not q
(b)if or only if not q and p
I say these are equivalent.....This this a correct answer???
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Question 179203: Use Euler Diagrams to determine whether the following syllogism is valid or invalid.
Some senators are conservationists
No conservationists are pro-development
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(therefore) Some senators are not pro-development
How do I draw a diagram for this problem???

??

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Question 179224: Find the real and imaginary parts of the complex number.
7 - (square root-11)
1___(real part)
2____(imaginary part)
i got the part that is real which is 7 but i cant figure out the imaginary part.
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Question 179244: please help

Rectangular stage. one side of a rectangular stage is 2 meters longer than the other.If the diagnal is 10 meters,then what are the lengths of the sides
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