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Question 736210: The product of two numbers is 16. Let x be one of the numbers and y the other. Express the sum of the numbers as a function of x.
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Question 736534: The sum of two numbers is 54. The first number is 1/5 of the second number. What are the numbers?
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Question 736590: frank lives 3/10 mile from school. michelle lives 2 1/3 times as far from school as frank how far does michelle live from school
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Question 736590: frank lives 3/10 mile from school. michelle lives 2 1/3 times as far from school as frank how far does michelle live from school
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Question 736626: In the diagram below the word "ALGEBRA" is written in the shape of a diamond. As you see, starting with either the top or the middle A's there are many routes by which you can spell "ALGEBRA" Exactly how many routes are there?

A
L L
G G G
E E E E
B B B B B
R R R R R R
A A A A A A A
L L L L L L
G G G G G
E E E E
B B B
R R
A

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Question 736869: Please help me solve this problem!
Forty-eight Students were divided into two groups for a field trip. The first group was three times as large as the second group less twelve. How many students were in each group?
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Question 736799: Quadratic Word Problem: Find two consecutive odd integers such that twice the greater is 29 more than the lesser.
I can't remember how to set this up. Thank you!
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Question 736796: fifteen more than the square of a number is eight times the number
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Question 737022: Find two numbers whose sum is 39, and whose difference is 13.
What is the larger number?
What is the smaller number?
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Question 737021:

The sum of two numbers is 48. One number is 22 more than the other. Find the numbers.
What is the larger number?
What is the smaller number?
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Question 737202: Two minor league baseball players got a total of 376 hits. Washington had 4 more hits than Sanchez. Find the number of hits for each player.
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Question 737191: The sum of two numbers is 5. The difference between the two numbers is 11. The equations below model this situation.
x + y = 5
x y = 11
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Question 737370: 0+50*1-60-60*0+10=
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Question 737355: The product of three consecutive odd integers is reduced by 23. That result is 99 less than the cube of the sum of the number 2 and the smallest of the three consecutive odd integers.
Determining the mean of the three consecutive odd integers is your task.
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Question 737515:
A two hundred forty-four centimeter board is divided into two pieces. The longer piece is fourteen centimeters longer than four times the shorter piece. Find the length on each piece.
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Question 737507: The larger of two numbers is five more than twice the smaller. Their difference is thirteen. Find the numbers.
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Question 737540:

the sum of twice a number and 28 equals 36 plus the number. find the number
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Question 737676: Melinda earns 135$ less per week than barbara. The combined income of these two people is 381$ per week. how much per week does each person earn?
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Question 737924: Twenty-Three teenagers attended a church camp. This was eleven less than twice the number that attended last year. How many attended last year?
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Question 738104: The sum of 3 number is 38. The second number is nine more than double the first, and the third number is one less than double the first.
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Question 738139: An investor invested $13000 part a 8% and the rest at 12%. Find the amount invested at each rate if the annual income from the two investments is $1240
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Question 738138: a plane flies 1440 miles with a tail wind in 4 hours. The plane makes the return trip against the same wind and takes 4 1/2 hours. find the speed of the plane and of the wind.
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Question 738203: the average of six consecutive in integers in increasing order of size is 9.5. what is he average of the last 3 integers?
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Question 738434: What is the greatest even number you can create by rearranging
the digits of 708?
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Question 739062: if the sum of -4 and the opposite of a number is multiplied by -3, the result is 6 less than the product of the number and 2. What is the number?
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Question 738977: Find all possible numbers where twice the reciprocal of the square of a number less three times the reciprocal of a number is -1.
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Question 738978: Determine two whole numbers such that the first number increased by triple the second number is 24.
If the first number is squared and decreased by five times itself, the result is 13 less than the second number.
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Question 739226:
one number is five more than another number. If fifty nine is the sum of the two numbers, find the numbers.
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Question 739355: The larger of two numbers is 6 less than 9 times the smaller. Their sum is 54. Find the numbers. I just need a little help getting started. Mom and Dad are no help. Thank you.
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Question 739408: The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is 57. What is the value of the greater of the two numbers?

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Question 739550: Two positive number differ by 3. The reciprocals of the numbers add up to 7. Find the two numbers.
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Question 739704: if 3/4 of half is 960 what is the number ?

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Question 739704: if 3/4 of half is 960 what is the number ?

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Question 739932: 1 number is equal to the square of another. Find the numbers if both are positive and their sum is 1980.
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Question 739944: susan is 3 years older than tom. two years ago susan was twice as old as tom. find their present ages.
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Question 740035: A high school graduating class is made up of 542 students. There are 156 more girls than boys. How many boys are in the class? Solve the problem
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Question 740142: The square of a number decreased by 4 times the number equals 21. Find the number
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Question 740097: Four times the sum of a number and 6 is at least 6 times the same number less 14.for what numbers is this true?

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Question 740493: The sum of 3 numbers is 38. The second number is 9 more than double the first, and the third number is 1 less than double the first.
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Question 740504: the difference between 2 numbers is 88.6 times the smaller is equal to 7 more than the larger

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Question 740670: Seven times, one less than twice a number is the same as negative thirty five. Find the number.
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Question 740797:

Three times the number is two less than half of 52.
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Question 741047: A number n is increased by 5 and the result is multiplied by 5. This result is decreased by 5. What is the final result?
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Question 741107: there are two positive numbers. the second number is 6 less than the first number. when the reciprocal of the second number is subtracted from the reciprocal of the first, the difference is negative three over eight. find the first number.
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