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Question 304582: A water tank has an inlet pipe and a drainpipe. A full tank can be emptied in 30 minutes if the drain is opened and an empty tank can be filled in 45 minutes with the inlet pipe opened. If both pipes are accidentally opened when the tank is full, then how long will it take to empty the tank?
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Question 304568: You bought 12 raffle tickets numbered sequentially starting at 17 (the 2nd ticket is 18, the 3rd is 19, and so on). Which inequality represents the possible winning numbers?

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Question 304475: In the linear equation of y=0.15x +0.79 what is the slope or rate of change of this equation? What would be the y-intercept and what does the y-intercept represent? If the growth continues, what would be the price of gas in 2018? Please advise. Thank you.
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Question 304727: I need to know how to write the rational expression to the following question. I have the answer but cannot show how I got it. The answer should be 5000 bears?
To estimate the size of the bear population on the Keeweenaw Peninsula, conservationists captured, tagged, and released 50 bears. One year later, a random sample of 100 bears included only 2 tagged bears. What is the conservationist�s estimate of the size of the bear population?
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Question 304742: The scenic route to Mia�s office is 5 kilometers longer than the direct route . when she goes by the scenic route and returns by the direct route, the round trip is 35 kilometers . how many kilometers is the direct route ?
(A) 5 (B) 12 1/2 (C) 15 (D) 20 (E) 22 1/2

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Question 304771: Bill is 3 times as old as Nancy.
In 12 years Bill will be twice as old as Nancy.
How old are Bill and Nancy now?
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Question 304768: A class has twice as many boys as girls . the students in the class stand in one line , with a girl at the front of the line . which of the following must be true?
(A) the last person in line is a girl
(B) the last person in line is a boy
(C) there are more girls than boys in the class
(D) there are at least two girls standing next to each other
(E) there are at least two boys standing next to each other

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Question 304748: { 2, 5,6,7,10}
How many different pairs of unequal numbers can be chosen from the set above so that their sum is greater than 10 ? ( do not consider a pair such as 5,2 to be different from 2,5.)
A 7 b 10 c 14 d 32 e 60

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Question 304927: Please estimate the answer of 41% of 640
Thank you
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Question 304952: How to solve this sum using algebra equation.
A famer had 240 more ducks then chickens at first.He sold half of the ducks.After that he had 150 more chickens than ducks .How many ducks had he at first?
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Question 304923: The profit earnings for XYZ co. are reported quarterly. The earnings as a % of the yearly earnings for 2007 are 1st quarter 25%, 2nd quarter 15%, 3rd quarter
38%, 4th quarter 22%. If the earnings in the 1st quarter were $54,000, what were the earnings for the third quarter? Please show step by step work and include units in the solution.
Thank you
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Question 305006: Mary sold 762 boxes of oranges and grapefruit. Oranges were $11 per box; grapfruit were $10 per box. She took in $8125.00. How many boxes of oranges were sole?

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Question 304992: A certain scale for weighing food registers only weights above 6 pounds . a person who wanted to know the weight of 1 package each of chicken , beef, and turkey weighed every possible pair of these packages and got the following results.
The chicken and the beef weighed 7 pounds
The chicken and the turkey weighed 8 pounds
The beef and the turkey weighed 9 pounds
What is the weight of the package of turkey?
A 2 pounds b 3 pounds c 4 pounds d 5 pounds e 6 pounds

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Question 305147: A cyclist is traveling 85 miles in 5 hours against the wind. He travels 174 miles in 6 hours with the wind. What is the rate of the still air and the rate of the wind.
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Question 305136: 16. let f(x) = (x^5-1) * (x^3+1) and g(x)= (x^2-x+1) if h (x) is a
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Question 305282: lydia takes 10 mins more to complete an illustration than tom. the total time taken by both of them is 6hrs. how much time did each required?
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Question 305421: In a certain company, 30 percent of the men and 20 percent of the women attend night school. If 40 percent of all employees are men, what percent of all the employees attend night school?
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Question 305514: can someone help me figure out this word problem: is it possible for a rectangle with a primeter of 52 centimeters to have an area of 148.75 square centimeters? explain
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Question 305604: I am having a terrible time trying to solve this question, please help. Jelly bean Jar Guess: One guess is off by 9, another guess is off by 17, and yet another guess is off by 31. How many jelly beans are in the jar?
1st guess is 260
2nd guess is 234
3rd guess is 274
Thank you very much
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Question 305719: A theater has twice as many seats in the main area as in the balcony and it has 20 less seats on the floor than in the balcony. If there are 300 seats in the theater, how many seats are in each area?
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Question 305717: The Missouri River is 149 miles longer than double the Snake River. The Potomac River is 796 miles shorter than the Snake River. The combined lengths of these 3 rivers is 3,685 miles. Find the length of each.
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Question 305768: Pinky had twice as many potatoes as Dan, who had the same number of potatoes as Zippy. If Pinky gives 5 potatoes to Zippy, then Dan has three times as many potatoes as Pinky. How many potatoes did Dan have?
a) 10 b) 6 c) 3 d) 2 e) 1

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Question 305694: Towns A and B are located 6 miles and 3 miles, respectively, from a major expressway. The point on the expressway closest to town A is 12 miles from the point on the expressway closest to town B. Two new roads are to be built from A to the expressway and then to B.
B)If the combined lengths of the new roads is 15 miles, what distance does X represent ?

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Question 305882: If A @ B means 2A-3B, calculate the value of (2@1) + (3@2) ?
A) 5 B) 8 C) 6 D) 1 E) 3

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Question 305886: Questions:
Substitute answers for each question in to above coordinates.

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Question 305945: Hank delivers packages in his office building. On Tuesday he delivered four more packages than on Monday, and on Wednesday he delivered 6 more packages than on Monday. If he delivered 28 packages all together, how many did he deliver on Monday?

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Question 306010: Please find a counterexample to the statement: The square of a number added to the sum of twice the number and 8 is a prime number. Justify your solution by supporting it with step by step work.
Thank you very much

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Question 305967: B- Garciagoon married a widow. At that time they each had children of their own. Thirteen years later the Goon kids got into a heated argument. Mrs. Goon exclaimed to Mr. Goon, "Your children and my children are fighting with our children!" Each parent is directly related to nine of the 12 children in the Goon family. How many children were born after Mr. andMrs. Goon were married? ="B"
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Question 306026: I can not figure this out, thank you for your time
4. I am planning a party for my son�s birthday. I am planning on purchasing cookies for the children, along with brownies. Brownies come in packs of 6 and cookies come in packs of 18. Also, I can purchase a combination pack of 6 cookies and 6 brownies.
A. Write an expression to show how many cookies (c) and brownies (b) I purchased if I bought one pack of each.
B. Each cookie costs $.79 and each brownie costs $.59. How much would I pay for my three packs?

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Question 306135: A 12-pound puppy is gaining weight at a rate of 2/3 lb per week. How much more time will it take for the puppy's weight to exceed 37 lb
how do I set this up?
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Question 306256: A shopkeeper is making a triangluar sign for his store front, but he must keep it under 20ft^2. If the base of the sign is 20ft, what is the maximum height of the triangular sign?
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Question 306261: A dump truck is hauling debris at a mining site. on its first trip it hauls away 360 tons of rubble; on its second trip it hauls away 300 tons of rubble.if it hauls an average of 350 tons of rubble for all three trips, how much rubble did it haul on its last trip?
can you help me set this problem up. i set it up like this but it did not work out.
360+300+x/3=350
thanks, lisa
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Question 306279: The intensity of light received from a source varies inversely as the square of the distance from the source. If the light intensity is 3 foot-candles at 16 feet, find the light intensity at 11 feet.

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Question 306343: Need hel solving the problem
-b+1-sqrt(b^2-4ac)/2a
What is the value of a,b&c
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Question 306336: The stock market gained 47 points on Tuesday and lost 21 points on Wednesday. It had closed on Monday at 2711 points. Where did the market close on Wednesday?
My answer was 2685; is that correct??
Thank you!!!!
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Question 306347: Please help me with this confusing question. The period T (time in seconds for one complete cycle) of a simple pendulum is related to the length L (in feet) of the pendulum by the formula 8T^2 = (pi)^2L. If a child is on a swing with a 10-foot chain, then how long does it take to complete one cycle of the swing?
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Question 306387: Can you please help me with this problem!!! Thank you
I often use rebates for items I purchase regularly. For example, recently a beauty company offered a $15 rebate when you purchase at least 3 items costing at least a total of $15 from their product line. The formula for determining the cost after the rebate is C = P � R. (Cost = Price � Rebate)
A. Please solve the above equation for the P.
B. If my cost is $8 after the rebate, then how much was my total price?

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Question 306512: How much would it cost to watch a football game on the television with a power rating of 400 W for 3.0 h if electrical energy costs $0.16/kW�h?
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Question 306590: With a tailwind, an airlplane can fly 1440 km in 2.5 hours. On the return flight with the same wind and flying distance the flight takes 3 h. Find the rate of the plane and the rate of the wind. Help please!
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Question 306657: A frog is in the bottom of the well which is 20feet.if it goes up 4feet &goes down 3feet. How many day does it take to be at the top of the well?
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Question 306785: you invested 4000 in 2 stocks. one is 5% and the other 7% annual interest. At the end of the year total interest was 230. how much was invested at each rate?
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Question 306784: If x and y are integers, which of the following is equivalent to (2x)3y � (2x)y?
a) (2x)2y
b) 2y(x3 � xy)
c) (2x)y[(2x)2y � 1]

d) (2x)y(4xy � 1)
e) (2x)y[(2x)3 � 1]
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