781 Answered Questions for the topic College Algebra Word Problem

02/04/16

an executive invests 2700 some at 7% and some at 4% annual interest. If he receives an annual return of 1,560, how much is invested at each rate?
I need to know the rate invested.
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College Algebra Word Problem

02/02/16

Story problem
A farmer plans to use 180 feet of fencing to enclose a rectangular region, using part of a straight river bank instead of fencing as one side of the rectangle, as shown in the figure.(a) Find the... more
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College Algebra Word Problem

02/02/16

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A pharmacist is to prepare 15 milliliters of special eye drops for a glaucoma patient. The eye-drop solution must have a 4% active ingredient, but the pharmacist only has 10% solution and 1%... more
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College Algebra Word Problem

02/02/16

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Two children, who are d = 238 meters apart, start walking toward each other at the same instant at rates of 1.5 m/sec and 2 m/sec, respectively.  a. When will they meet? (blank) seconds... more
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College Algebra Word Problem

02/02/16

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A square vegetable garden is to be tilled and then enclosed with a fence. If the fence costs $2.50 per foot and the cost of preparing the soil is $1.00 per ft2, determine the size of the garden... more
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College Algebra Word Problem Word Problem College Algebra Quick Answer

02/02/16

A certain car has a weight limit for all passengers and cargo of 1305 pounds. The four passengers in the car weigh an average of 180 pounds.
Use an inequality to find the weight of the cargo that the car can handle.
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College Algebra Word Problem

02/01/16

The sum of the ages of Jared and Jennifer is 74 years. 7 years ago, Jared's age was 4 times Jennifer's age. How old is Jared now?
 The sum of the ages of Jared and Jennifer is 74 years. 7 years ago, Jared's age was 4 times Jennifer's age. How old is Jared now?
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01/28/16

Ski Trip Speed Word Problem
Two families from the same neighborhood plan a ski trip.The first family is driving a newer vehicle and makes the 390-mike trip at a speed 5 mph faster than the second family. The second family... more
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College Algebra Word Problem

01/26/16

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a. a child throws a ball straight upwards to his friend who is sitting in a tree 18 ft above ground level. If the ball leaves his hand at a height of 2 ft with and initial velocity of 40 ft/sec,... more
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College Algebra Word Problem

01/24/16

A company produces a handheld game console for which the variable cost is $68.22 per unit and the fixed costs are $242,000.
The product sells for $98.92. Let x be the number of units produced and sold. (a) The total cost for a business is the sum of the variable cost and the fixed costs. Write the total cost C as a... more
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College Algebra Word Problem

01/23/16

How much water should be added to 16 ml of? 12% alcohol solution to reduce the concentration to? 8%?
Question on a math quiz I got wrong but would like to know what the correct answer is.
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College Algebra Word Problem

01/20/16

Farmer Ed has7500 meters of fencing, and wants to enclose a rectangular plot that borders on a river.
Farmer Ed has7500 meters of fencing, and wants to enclose a rectangular plot that borders on a river. If Farmer Ed does not fence the side along the river, what is the largest area that can be... more
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College Algebra Word Problem

01/18/16

A car traveling 60 mph on the highway gets 28 miles per gallon.
Part 1. write a function that represents the distance d(t) in miles that the car travels in t hours.   Answer d(t)=60t 2.Write a function that represents the number of gallons of gasoline n(d)... more
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College Algebra Word Problem

01/15/16

How fast is each car traveling?
Two cars start out together from the same place. They travel in opposite directions, with one of them traveling 5 miles per hour faster than the other. After five hours, they are 524 miles apart.... more
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College Algebra Word Problem

12/27/15

hello my name is patricia
sales of suv's in the US (in millions) for the years 1990-1999 can be modeled by the quadratic function f(x)=0.016x2+0.124x+0.787. sales in 1997 were approximately?
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College Algebra Word Problem

12/27/15

hello my name is patricia
number of inmates in federal prison can be approximated by the equation N=-2.01x2+77.86x+749, where x is the number of years since 1990. in what year was the number of inmates expected to be... more
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College Algebra Word Problem

12/13/15

find three consecutive odd intergers such that the product of the first two equals two more than the square of the largest number.
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College Algebra Word Problem

12/12/15

Find four consecutive odd integers such that one-third of the sum of the first and the fourth integer
Find four consecutive odd integers such that one-third of the sum of the first and the fourth integer is fifty more than the difference of the third and the second integer.
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College Algebra Word Problem

12/10/15

Help please?
Suppose Tom has 24 coins totaling $3.75. If he has only dimes and quarters, how many of each type does he have?
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College Algebra Word Problem

12/10/15

Help please?
One side of triangle is 7 more than 3 times the shortest side. The third side is 24 centimeters more than the shortest side. The perimeter is 111. Find all three sides.
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College Algebra Word Problem

12/10/15

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Maggie has a job working in an office for $10 an hour and another job driving a tractor for $12 an hour. One week she works in the office twice as long as she drives the tractor. Her total income... more
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College Algebra Word Problem

12/10/15

-16t^2+64t=48
a ball is thrown vertically upward with an initial velocity of 64 feet per second. solve the equation -16t^2+64t=48 to find the time t in seconds at which the ball is 48 feet from the ground  
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College Algebra Word Problem

12/09/15

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For a Saturday matinee, adult tickets cost $4.50 and kids under 12 pay only $3.00. If 70 tickets are sold for a total of $285, how many of the tickets were adult tickets and how many were sold to... more
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College Algebra Word Problem

12/09/15

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Marissa and Kendra are 2 years apart in age. Their ages are two consecutive even integers. Kendra is the younger of the two. If Marissa's age is added to twice Kendra's age, the result is 38. How... more
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College Algebra Word Problem

12/09/15

Help please?
One side of triangle is half the longest side. The third side is 8 feet less than the longest side. The perimeter is 72. Find all three sides.
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