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Question 302338: What number comes next and why? 2,3,6,15,42,_____
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Question 302331: If the money is the same, what is a better buy, a 10 inch round pizza or a 9 inch square pizza?
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Question 302576: Hi,
I've used this site a couple of time and found incredible people who are willing to help.
This is actually a problem that was given to my daughter, in the 4th grade, and I cannot even figure it out, if it can be?
The problem is: CAN you write the numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, and 9 in these circles so that each line, including the one in the middle of the rhombus, adds up to 16? Use all 9 numbers only once. Gives hint, put 8 in the top circle, 7 in the middle and 9 on the bottom circle? That didn't make since to me immediatley. I will draw the diagram using x's and o's where the numbers go.

O
X X
O O
X X
O O O
X X
O O
X X
O
The x's just show how the diagram goes, the o's are where the numbers are supposed to be placed, if you put the numbers as they say, one Rhombus will equal 16 already, so how is this possible?
Thanks for any help!
Lise
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Question 302613: The quantity (3 x 8^12) is how many times the quantity (3 x 8^5) ?
A 7 b 8 c 21 d 8^7 e 3 x 8^7

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Question 302613: The quantity (3 x 8^12) is how many times the quantity (3 x 8^5) ?
A 7 b 8 c 21 d 8^7 e 3 x 8^7

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Question 302886: suppose that 4000 is invested at an interest rate of 5.5% per year, compounded continuouly. what is the balance after 8 years?
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Question 302886: suppose that 4000 is invested at an interest rate of 5.5% per year, compounded continuouly. what is the balance after 8 years?
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Question 302893: The difference between two numbers is 3.2. The sum of the numbers is 46.4. What are the two numbers?
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Question 303059: In november, 200 people bought tickets to play. Then 16 people had to return the tickets for a refund. What percent of the people returned their tickets for a refund?
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Question 303055: If glen owns 12 trees more than twice what mary does, and together they own 72 trees, hown many does each one own?
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Question 303078: Quinn can refinish hardwood floors four times as fast as Jack. They have to refinish 100 ft^2 of flooring. Working together, Quinn and Jack can finish the job in 3 hours. How long would it take each of them working alone?
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Question 303141: given this data set:54 32 23 63 41 9 54 50 23 68 90 63 41 95 63 state the range.

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Question 303157: a car travels at 80 kilometers per hours for 40 kilometers, 72 kilometers per hours for 48 kilometers and then 96 kilometers per hours for 32 kilometers. what is the average rate of speed over the entire trip
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Question 303210: The tip of a blade of an electric fan is 1.5 feet from the axis of rotation . if the fan spins at a full rate of 1,160 revolutions per minute, how many miles will a point at the tip of a blade travel in one hour ? (1 mile = 5,280 feet)
a 30pi b 40 pi c 45 pi d 48 pi e 60 pi

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Question 303077: Quinn can refinish hardwood floors four times as fast as Jack. They have to refinish 100 ft^2 of flooring. Working together, Quinn and Jack can finish the job in 3 hours. How long would it take each of them working alone?
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Question 303234: Walking beside you, your friend takes 50 strides per minute while you take 48 strides per minute. If you start in step, when will you be in step again?
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Question 303206: Find an equation for the line tangent to the graph of the function at a specified point. Equation should be in form y = mx+b at (4, 2/5)

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Question 303197: If the price charged for a candy bar is p(x) cents, then x thousand candy bars will be sold in a certain city, where p(x) = 122-x/22. How many candy bars must be sold to maximize revenue. please include the steps needed to solve thank you in advance

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Question 303236: The base of a triangle is 5cm greater that the height. The area is 42cm squared. Find the height and the base.
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Question 303335: The letters of the alphabet are writtten on slips of paper and placed in a hat. three letters are selected at random.
A. How many different combinations of three letters are possible?
B. How many combinations consist only of the letters A,C,H,I,K or Y?
C. What is the probability that the letters selected consist only of the letters A,C,H,I,K or Y?
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Question 303525: A right triangle has: hypotenuse of 16 cm, side of 6√3 cm. Find the other side.
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Question 303514: How long would a wire have to be if a tree was 22 feet high and you needed the wire to be attached to the ground 14 feet from the base of the tree (at 90 degree angle)?
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Question 303517: If a 120 foot rope was attached to the top of a 36 foot pole, how far from the base of the pole would the rope reach on the ground?
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Question 303599: Three children ate 17 cookies altogether. Andrew ate more cookies than any other child. What is the smallest possible number of cookies that Andrew ate?
A. 5 B. 9 C. 6 D. 8 E. 7

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Question 303522: If a rectangle has a diagonal of 22 inches and a width of 18 inches, how long is the length?
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Question 303987: How many MPH (to the nearest 100th) is a car traveling if the wheels have a diameter of 3 feet and they are turning 600 times a minute?
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Question 303991: It took a train 45 seconds to pass through a 1320-foot tunnel. At the same speed, it took 15 seconds for the train to pass a pole on the side of the tracks. How long was the train?
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Question 303981: A castle in the faraway land of Aluossim was surrounded by four moats. One day, the
castle was attacked and captured by a fierce tribe from the north. Guards were stationed at each bridge.
Prince Juan was allowed to take a number of bags of gold from the castle as he went into exile. However,
the guard at the first bridge demanded half the bags of gold plus one more bag. Juan met this demand
and proceeded to the next bridge. The guards at the second, third, and fourth bridges made identical
demands, all of which the prince met. When Juan finally crossed all the bridges, a single bag of gold was
left. With how many bags did Juan start?
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Question 304014: The will of an eccentric millionaire reads as follows: "In the following order, i leave 4/17 of my estate to my son, then 7/13 of the remainder to my wife, then 2/3 of the remainder to my daughter, and the remaining $2 million to my dog." What was the total amount of the millionaire's estate?
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Question 304016: If the perimeter of a rectangle is 7 times the width, then its length is how many times the width?
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Question 304060: The sum of two numbers is 22. Three times the smaller number minus two times the larger number is negitive 29. What is the smaller number?
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Question 304043: Find two numbers whose sum is -6 and whose difference is -2 (please show steps)
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Question 304090: Exactly 1/2 yard of ribbon is needed to make a certain bow. Which of the following lengths of ribbon could be used to make the bow with the least amount remaining?
a 2/5 yd b 3/5 yd c 3/4 yd d 1/3 yd e 2/3 yd

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Question 304126: Please Help! I have no idea where to start.
A company has an income of $100,000
before paying taxes and a bonus. The bonus B is to be
20% of the income after deducting income taxes T but
before deducting the bonus. So
B = 0.20(100,000 - T ).
Because the bonus is a deductible expense, the amount of
income tax T at a 40% rate is 40% of the income after
deducting the bonus. So
T = 0.40(100,000 - B).
a) Use the accompanying graph to estimate the values of
T and B that satisfy both equations.
b) Solve the system algebraically to find the bonus and
the amount of tax.
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Question 304186: Juniors boat will go 15 miles per hour in still water. If he can go 12 miles downstream in the same amount of time as it takes to go 9 miles upstream, then what is the speed of the current.
Word problems are definitely my weakness, they just don't make sense in my head. I have a hard time figuring out which formula I need and what I need to do.
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Question 304428: Two numbers have a sum of 36, a difference of 24, and a product of 180. Dividing the greater one by the lesser one gives a quotient of 5. What are the numbers.
I keep thinking it has to do with the numbers 36 & 5 but they don't fit all the situations.
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Question 304232: 61 students are surveyed about their taste in music. 20 liked alternative, 26 liked hip-hop, 20 liked techno, 9 liked alternative and hip-hop, 15 liked hip-hop and techno, 6 liked alternative and techno and 3 liked all three. I need to draw a venn diagram to show how many liked none of these three types, how many liked exactly three of these types and how many liked exactly one of these types? Where do I start>
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Question 304526: Stacy noted that she is both the 12th tallest and the 12th shortest student in her class. If everyone in the class is of a different height, how many students are in the class?
(a) 22 (b) 23 (c) 24 (d) 25 (e) 34

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Question 304525: The current value of a stock is 20% less than its value when it was purchased. By what percent must the current value of the stock rise in order for the stock to have its original value?
(A) 20% (B) 25% (C) 30% (D) 331/3% (E) 50%

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Question 304546: Mix A has 2 cups concentrate and 3 cups water. Mix B has 1 cup concentrate and 4 cups water. You are going to assume each camper will get 1/2 cup of juice. For each recipe, how much concentrate and how much water are needed to make juice for 240 campers?
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Question 304551: A six-passenger plane cruises at 180MPH in calm air if the plane flies 7 miles with the wind in the same amount of time as it flies 5 miles against the wind, then what is the wind speed?
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Question 304477: On this line y =0.15x+ 0.79 is the representation of the average cost of gas each year. 0.11x -y= -0.85 estimates the price of gas in January of each year. Do these lines expect to be insecting, parallel, or perpendicular? Use the equation of the lines to determine if they are parallel and what was found? Please advise. Thank you.
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Question 304613: Natural and Whole Numbers.
A student at St. F. X. decided to become his own employer by using his car as a taxi for the summer. It costs the student $693.00 to insure his car for the 4 months of summer. He spends $452.00 per month on gas. If he lives at home and has no other expenses for the 4 months of summer and charges an average of $7.00 per fare, how many fares will he have to get to be able to pay his tuition of $3280.00?
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