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Question 198293: (This problem is not from a textbook, and I don't know the exact numbers. So if you could just tell me the basic way or formula to figure it out that would be amazing!)
Let's say your going shopping, there are 3 different types of seeds each at a certain price per pound:
Black Seeds: $1.08 per lb.
Purple Seeds: $2.35 per lb
Blue seeds: $1.89 per lb
You have a certain set of money: $25
You need to find how many pounds of each type of seed you would need to buy to get exactly $25 (or the set number). And you have to buy it buy the whole pound, like a prepackaged object.
I encountered a question like this on a test and have no idea how to do it.
Thank you so much for your help!
-Emily
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Question 198277: It costs $5 for a cock,$3 for a hen and $1 for three chickens.By using $100
to buy 100 chicks,how many cocks,hens and chickens can we get?
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Question 198229: A rectangular sheet of metal is 10 cm longer than it is wide. Squares, 5 cm on a side are cut from the corners of the sheet and the flaps are bent up to form an opentopped box having volume 6 L. Find the original dimensions of the sheet of metal.(Recall that 1 L = 1000 cm^3)
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Question 198226: The Parkhursts used 160 yd of fencing to enclose a rectangular corral and to divide it into two parts by a fence parallel to one of the shorter sides. Find the dimensions of the corral if its area is 1000 yd^2.
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Question 198343: Write two simple sentences and then write the compound statement you get from connecting the original two statements using the word �and.� Imagine situations where each simple statement is true or false. How does the truth value (true or false) of the compound statement compare with the truth value of the original statements?

I tried to do this but my teacher kept telling me I am doing it wrong.. Please Help!!!!
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Question 198345: Write a simple sentence and then write the negation. Imagine situations where each statement is true or false. How does the truth value (true or false) of the negation statement compare with the truth value of the original statement?

I do not know how to do this I turned 2 in for my teacher but he said I am not doing it right.. Can someone please help??
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Question 198448: The sum of the digits of a three-digit number is 13. If the tens and hundreds digits are interchanged, the new number is 90 less than the original, and if the units and hundreds digit are interchanged, the resulting number is 99 less than the original. Find the original number.
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Question 198445: The units digit of a 2-digit number exceeds the tens digit by 3. If the number, increased by 2, is divided by the sum of the digits decreased by 3, the quotient is 6. Find the number.
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Question 198452: Shirt already on sale for 20% off the regular price cost $36.00 when purchased with a coupon for an extra 10% discount. What would be the original price?
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Question 198402: Consider the set of northwestern states or provinces {Montana, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Alaska, British Columbia, Alberta}. If a person chooses one element, show that in three yes or no questions, we can determine the element.
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Question 198470: Jim is able to sell a hand-carved statue for $670 which was a 35% profit over his cost. How much did the statue originally cost him?

This Question is from the TABE Test
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Question 198469: Jim is able to sell a hand-carved statue for $670 which was a 35% profit over his cost. How much did the statue originally cost him?

This Question is from the
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Question 198465: Alfred wants to invest $4,000 at 6% simple interest rate for 5 years. How much interest will he receive?
This Question is from the TABE Test.
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Question 198503: please help My teacher saying that I'm not doing this correctly please show me thank you so much

1.In a survey of 100 consumers, 33 indicated that they were going to buy a new car, 18 said they were going to buy a new refrigerator, and 34 said they were going to buy a new washer. Of these, 7 were going to buy both a car and a refrigerator, 15 were going to buy a car and a washer, and 9 were going to buy a washer and a refrigerator. Three consumers indicated that they were going to buy all three items.
Construct a Venn diagram, label your diagram clearly.
Use your diagram to answer the following questions:
(a)How many were going to buy only a car?
(b)How many were going to buy only a washer?
(c)How many were going to buy only a refrigerator
(d)How many were going to buy a car and a washer but not a refrigerator?
(e)How many were going to buy none of these items?
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Question 198507: please help I'm really having a hard time with this math problem

1.Given U = {21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31}, A = {21, 23, 25, 27, 29}, and
B = {22, 25, 28, 29}. Find A′ U B′.

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Question 198504: I try working this problem and I'm still having problem please show me the step thank you so much

1.A survey of a group of people produced the following results: there were 35 people with brown eyes and 24 people with blonde hair. If 14 people had both brown eyes and blonde hair and 27 people had neither, how many people were interviewed?
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Question 198523: A can do a piece of work in 18 days and B can do it in 21 days. A, B, and C together can finish the work in 7 days. How long will it take C alone to finish the work?
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Question 198563: Five years from now, A will be 4/5 as old as B; five years ago, he was 2/3 as old then. Find their present ages.
i think there is a mistake here...coz in the tutors solution, A is older than B but A should have been 4/5 as old as B..Kindly check again if i misinterpret it.. Thank you...
http://www.algebra.com/tutors/students/your-answer.mpl?question=198526
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Question 198558: Please help me find the amount of edging i will need for a area 6 feet long and 3 feet wide if the edging is purchase in 2 feet long sections.
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Question 198587: The half-life of tritium is 12.4 years. How long will it take for 15% of a sample of tritium to decompose?
An isotope of thorium, , has a half-life of 18.4 days. How long will it take for 77% of the sample to decompose?

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Question 198650: what is the correct classification of the following polynomial?
A. Trinomial
B. Monomial
C. Binomial
D. None of the above
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Question 198653: solve the inequality.
x + 9 > 3
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Question 198652: With summer approaching, the number of air conditioners sold is expected to be doubled that of stoves and refrigerators combined. Stoves sell for $200, refrigerators for $300, and air conditioners for $350, and sales are expected to be $76000. If stoves and refrigerators sell in equal numbers, how many of each appliance should be stocked?
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Question 198629: I'm trying so hard but it seem that I'm still doing this incorrect please show me the correct way I really that your guys,

1.Use an Euler diagram to determine whether the syllogism is valid or invalid
All doctors are helpful.
Some doctors are female.
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 Some helpful people are female.
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Question 198648: If you subtract 98 from ten times a number and the result is equal to -338, what is the number?
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Question 198651: Young's Rule for calculating a child's dosage of medication is
CHILD'S DOSE EQUALS THE AGE OF CHILD DIVIDED BY THE AGE OF CHILD PLUS 12 TIMES ADULT DOSE.

If a 12year old child's dose of a particular medication is 15mg, what is the adult's dose?
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Question 198649: suppose that four times a number is added to 16 and the result if positive. what are the possible numbers?
A. any number less than -3
B. any number greater than -4
C. any number greater than 7
D. any number less than -4
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Question 198625: please help my teacher is still saying that this is incorrect please help thank you so much.

1.For each of the following conditionals, identify the antecedent and the consequent. Form the converse, inverse, and contrapositive.
(a)If I go to work, then I will get paid.
(b)Your yard will not look good if you don�t mow the grass.
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Question 198717: bacteria in a petri dish double the area they cover everyday.if the dish is covered after 16 days,on what day was only one quarter of it covered?
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Question 198705: please I need your assistant I'm having alot of issue with this problem. need it asap thank you so much.
a) Translate the argument into symbolic form and (b) determine if the argument is valid or invalid. You may compare the argument to a standard form or use a truth table.
If it is raining, then we will close the window.
We closed the window.
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 It is raining.

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Question 199033: If Mary and Carter can paint a house in 5 hours together and Mary can do the same job in 8 hours alone, how long would it take for Carter working alone?
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Question 199034: A boat goes 10 miles per hour in still water. It travels 24 miles upstream and 24 miles back in a total of 5 hours. What is the speed of the current?
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Question 199087: This isn't the question, but here is the info provided:
1267 pop tabs= 1 pound 1 kg=2.2 pounds
0.88 cents per kg charged
how many pop tabs are needed to make $1500?
Is my answer 1,705 tabs correct?
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Question 199052: please help my teacher is still saying this is wrong I don't know what I'm doing wrong please explain thank you so much.....
1.Write the converse, inverse, and contrapositive of the following conditional statement
If the sun is shining, then it will not rain.
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Question 199054: I need your assistant for this problem please help try it twice. thank you so much.

1.Determine whether the argument is valid or invalid.
A tree has green leaves and the tree produces oxygen.
This tree has green leaves
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 This tree produces oxygen.
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Question 196913: This was a question from a quiz and I didn't know how to answer it. Can someone please help?

Label each of the following as an observational or experimental study.
For the experimental study state the control group and the treatment group.
a. A manager divides her staff into two groups. One group is allowed to work from home, while the other continues working from their offices. The manager then measures which group is more productive.
b. A researcher finds that people living within 500 feet of power lines have a higher incidence of cancer than those living more than 500 feet from power lines

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Question 199165: What do we gain by studying geometry? Do you see any geometric concepts being used in your area of expertise or in your day-to-day experiences? Explain.

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Question 199170: A drug manufacturing company wants to manufacture a capsule that contains a spherical pill inside. The diameter of the pill is 4mm and the capsule is cylindrical, with hemispheres on either end. The length of the capsule between the two hemispheres is 10mm. Describe how we could find the exact volume the capsule will hold, excluding the volume of the pill. What is the value that you get from your calculation? Why is it important for us to be able to determine the exact volume of that capsule?
I keep coming up with the wrong answer, this is the last chance my teacher will give me can someone please help.?
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Question 199196: I submited 4 question for help on friday and saturday but I did not even get a respond can you tell me if there's something wrong I even look to see if there were a problem close to mines please respond I thank you inadvance I'm new to this website. so I really don't know how thing really works. Terrie Brown
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Question 198946: Plot the graphs of the following functions. Scan the graphs and post them to the Facilitator along with your response.
Justify your answer.
1.f(x) = 5x
2.f(x) = 4x+2
3.f(x) = (1/3)x
Someone please help me!
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Question 199234: please i need someone help can anyone answer this problem for me I miss this on my quiz

Determine the truth value of the following statement.
rembrandt was a famous painter and all prime numders are odd.
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Question 199281: Find a polynomial for the perimenter and the area. The figure is a square and on the top of it, it says, "y+8" and on the right side it says, "y". I couldn't download the square to show you. My instructions are to find the perimeter and area and to simplify the answer and do not factor.
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Question 199290: DIMENSIONS OF A BOX: A box with a square base and no top is to be made from a square piece of cardboard by cutting 4-in. squares from each corner and folding up the sides, as shown in the figure. The box is to hold 100 in.^3. How big a piece of cardboard is needed?
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