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Question 227335: How would you write an equation for a direct variation with a graph that passes through each point?
(-1.5,9)
My teacher didn't explain this very good. Thank you
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Question 227664: Express in terms of w the number of days in w weeks and 4 days.

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Question 227663: A mail-order digital photo developer charges 8 cents for each print plus a $2.98 shipping fee. A local developer charges 15 cents for each print. How many digital prints must be ordered in order that: a. the local developer offers the lower price? b. the mail-order developer offers the lower price?
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Question 227666: The length of a rectangular room is 5 feet more than 3 times the width. The perimeter of the room is 62 feet. Find the dimensions of the room.
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Question 227661: A truck must cross a bridge that can support a maximum weight of 24,000 pounds. The weight of the empty truck is 1,500 pounds, and the driver weighs 190 pounds. What is the weight of a load that the truck can carry?
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Question 227707: Nine cartons of juice cost the same as 5 fruit cups. Also, one fruit cup costs $.50 more than a bowl of soup, while a bowl of soup costs $.50 more than a carton of juice. What would be the cost of each item: a carton of juice, a fruit cup, and a bowl of soup?
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Question 227680: Helga sews hand-made quilts for sale at a local craft shop. She knows that the materials for the last quilt that she made costs $76 and that it required 44 hours of work to complete the quilt. If Helga received $450 for the quilt, how much did she earn for each hour of work, taking into account the cost of the material? a. What is the appropriate replacement setfor this problem? b. Write and solve th equations suggested by this problem. c. Write the solution set for this problem.
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Question 227660: In and apartment building there is one elevator, and the maximum load that it can carry is 2,000 pounds. The maintenance supervisor wants to move a replacement part for the air- conditioning unit to the roof. The part weighs 1,600 pounds, and the mechanized cart on which it is being moved weighs 250 pounds. When the maintenance supervisor drives the cart onto the elevator, the alarm sounds to signify that the elevator is overloaded. A. how much does the maintenance supervisor weigh? B. How can the replacement part be delivered to the roof if the part cannot be disassembled?
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Question 227841: How long will it take for prices in the economy to double at a 6% annual inflation rate? Round to the nearest hundredth.
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Question 227888: How long will it take for prices in the economy to double at a 6% annual inflation rate? Round to the nearest hundredth.
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Question 227933: There were 840 pumpkins in a pumpkin patch,
but it was difficult for farmer Joe to find the
perfect pumpkin.
� Every third pumpkin was too small.
� Every fourth pumpkin was too green.
� Every fifth pumpkin had a broken stem.
� Every sixth pumpkin had the wrong shape.
How many perfect pumpkins did farmer Joe find
in the pumpkin patch?
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Question 227979: Almonds sell for $4.00 a pound, and pecans sell for $2.50 a pound. How many pounds of almonds must be mixed with 15 pounds of pecans, to produce a mixture sell for $3.50 a pound?
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Question 228035: Marissa made out the order for Jaguar Jeans. She ordered 7 pairs of jeans for every jacket, 1 shirt for every 2 pairs of jeans, 3 sweaters for every jacket, 2 pairs of shoes for each 3 sweaters, and 1 belt for every 3 jackets. If Marissa ordered 36 jackets, how many items did she order altogether? Explain in detail how you found your answer using words, numbers, and/or pictures.

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Question 228064: A small publishing company is planning to publish a new book. The production costs will include one-time fixed costs (such as editing) and variable costs (such as printing). The one-time fixed costs will amount to . The variable costs will be per book. The publisher will sell the finished product to bookstores at a price of per book. How many books must the publisher print and sell so that the production costs will equal the money obtained from sales?
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Question 228060: How many pints of a 35% iodine solution must be added to 20 pints of a 15% iodine solution to obtain a 20% iodine solution?
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Question 228058: How much alcohol must be added to 16 liters of a 25% alcohol solution to make a 55% alcohol solution?
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Question 228162: The measure of an angle is 58degrees more than the measure of its supplement. Find the measure of its supplement.
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Question 228229: One water pump can drain a lake in 9 hours. A newer model can drain the same lake in 6 hours. How long does it take for both water pumps together to drain the lake?

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Question 228269: A room contains 144 chairs. the number of chairs per row is two less than twice the number of rows. find the number rows and the number of chairs per row. How would you solve this? Thank you for any help you can give.
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Question 228306: There were 840 pumpkins in a pumpkin patch,
but it was difficult for farmer Joe to find the
perfect pumpkin.
� Every third pumpkin was too small.
� Every fourth pumpkin was too green.
� Every fifth pumpkin had a broken stem.
� Every sixth pumpkin had the wrong shape.
How many perfect pumpkins did farmer Joe find
in the pumpkin patch?

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Question 228357: tigers won 46 game. They lost 6 more than they won how many games did they win?

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Question 228458: streakfree window cleaner is 12% alcohol and sunstream window cleaner is 30% alcohol. how much of each should be used to make 90 oz. of a cleaner that is 20% alcohol?
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Question 228476: I am a mother of a 5th grader with this word problem we can not figuer out.
Paula, Myran and Chris caught 25 fish. Paula caught 1 more than Chris and 5 fever than Myran. How many fish did each catch?
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Question 228550: For Problem 11 define a variable that represents the unknown quantity and set up an inequality. Then
solve the inequality.
11. Franklin plans to rent a small camper for a five-day trip to the mountains. The rental cost is $48.95
per day plus $0.50 a mile. How many miles can he travel and stay within his $500 budget?
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Question 228515: A car is to be service every 5000 kilometers. Tunes up every 10,000 kilometers and have its wheel rotated every 16,000 kilometers. How many kilometers will the car travel before it need all three functions done at the same time.
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Question 228583: eight is what percent of 40?
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Question 228545: When 0.5 cm was planed off each of the six faces of a wooden cube, its volume decreased by 169 cm^3. Find its new volume.
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Question 228544: When 0.5 cm was planed off each of the six faces of a wooden cube, its volume decreased by 169 cm^3. Find its new volume.
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Question 228582: how many gallons of varnish are required to apply two coats to a 15 foot by 20 foot wood floor if a gallon covers 200 square feet on the first coat and 300 square feet on the second coat?
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Question 228565: The product of the page numbers on two facing pages of a book is 506. Find the page numbers.
i know that the answer is pages 22 and 23 i took a lucky guess. but i dont know how to put it in a formula.
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Question 228584: how many liters of 20% solution and how many liters of 70% solution must be combined to produce five liters of 40% solution?
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Question 228632: Respected sir,
plz help me to solve this maths problem.
1] A certain farmaer pays $ 30 per acer per month to rent farmland.how much does the farmer pay per month to rent a rectangular plot of farmland tha is 360 feet by 605 feet? ( 43,560 sq.feet=1 acre)
waiting for your reply sir.
thank u.
regards
Binita.
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Question 228681: A group on tour has been drawing crowds of 500 people. It is projected that for every $1 increase in the $12 ticket price the average attendance will decrease by 50. At what price will the nightly receipts be $5600.
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Question 228696: Determine the sum of the following fractions: 1/(1*2)+1/(2*3)+ 1/(3*4).............continuing to + 1/(99*100).
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Question 228622: Respected sir,
plz help me to solve my maths difficulty.
1] Lisa bought a house for $ 70000& paid closing costs equsl to 2% of the purchse price.Later Lisa sold the house for $ 82,000 & paid a broker's commission equal to 10% of the selling price.what was Lisa's profit from the two transactions?
waiting for yur reply.
thank u.
regards
Binita.
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Question 228784: a seedman has seeds worth $.70 per pound and seeds worth $.90 per pound. How many pounds of each must he use to make 300 pounds worth $.75 per pound?
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Question 228782: if almonds sell at $1.20 per pound and walnuts sell for $.75 per pound, how many pounds of each must be used to make 45 pounds of a mixture to sell at $1.00 per pound?
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Question 228820: Courtney's allowance increased by $30 is the same as twice her allowance. Find her allowance
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Question 228912: Write an algebraic expression to represent the cost of m gallons of gasoline if each gallon costs $1.45.
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Question 228911: Write an algebraic expression to represent the cost of a concert ticket h, with a service charge of $6.75
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Question 228913: Write a situation that can be represented by the algebraic expression $3.25d.
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Question 229102: one number is twice another. The sum of the reciprocals is 3/4. Find the numbers
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Question 229078: how many objects whose size is cubic meters will fit into a space whose volume is cubic meters? Show answer in standard form.
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