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College Algebra Word Problem Word Problem Help

09/23/15

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two times the sum of three consecutive odd integers is the same 23 more than 5 times the largest integer. find the integers.
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College Algebra Word Problem

09/22/15

Find the interest rate for the first three quarters of the year and the last quarter.
Mary has $10,000 on deposit earning simple interest with the interest rate linked to the prime rate. Because of a drop in the prime rate, the rate on Mary's investment dropped by 1 1/2% for the... more
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College Algebra Word Problem College Algebra

09/20/15

Height of a kite
Grady is flying a kite on 50 ft of string. Its vertical distance from his hand is 10ft more that the horizontal distance from his hand. Assuming that the string is being held 5 ft above ground... more
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College Algebra Word Problem College Algebra

09/20/15

Dimensions of a cereal box
The volume of a 10-oz box of corn flakes is 180.4in3. The width of the box is 3.2 inches less than the length, and its depth is 2.3 inches. Find the length and the width of the box
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College Algebra Word Problem

09/19/15

A jet flying 105 mph faster than a propeller travels 4550 miles in 3 hours less time than the propeller plane takes to fly the same distance
How fast does each plane fly?
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College Algebra Word Problem

09/18/15

College algebra math word problem.please help
ralph chase plans to sell a piece of property for 145,000$. He wants the money to be paid off two ways. a short term note at 11% and long term note at 9% . find the amount of each note if the... more
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College Algebra Word Problem

09/17/15

Triangle word problem
The longest side of a triangle-shaped flower bed is 3 meters longer than the shortest side. The medium side is 1.5 meters longer than the shortest side. If you walk around the triangle, you would... more
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College Algebra Word Problem

09/17/15

I need help. Can't figure out how to solve it.
Nuclear experiments performed in the ocean vaporize large quantities of salt water. Salt boils and turns into vapor at 1738 K. After being vaporized by a 10-megaton force, the salt takes at least... more
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College Algebra Word Problem

09/16/15

i dont know where to begin when solving this problem???
Boyles Law: The volume V of a givenmass of a gas varies directly as the temperature T and inversely as the pressure, P. If V=231cm^3 when T=42° and P=20Kg/cm^2, what is the volume when T=30° and... more
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College Algebra Word Problem

09/16/15

can someone explain to me how to solve the problem
the weight W that a horizontal beam m. Suppose an 8 meter beam can support 1200kg. How many kilograms can a 14 meter beam support? round to the nearest kilogram
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College Algebra Word Problem

09/16/15

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Two cars, which are 636 miles apart and whose speeds differ by 2 miles per hour, are moving toward each other. If they meet in 6 hours, find the speed of each car
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College Algebra Word Problem

09/15/15

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Working with your cousin you can refinish a table in 3 hours. Working alone your cousin can complete the job in four hours. How long would it take you to refinish the table working alone?
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College Algebra Word Problem

09/15/15

What is the chronological age of a person with a mental age of 35 and a IQ of 140?
One's intelligence quotient, or IQ, varies directly as a person's mental age and inversely as that parson's chronological age. A person with a mental age of 20 has an IQ of 132. What is the... more
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College Algebra Word Problem

09/15/15

What is the tail length of an alligator whose body length is 6.6 feet?
An alligator's tail length T, varies directly as its body length,B. An alligator with a body length of 7.7 feet has a tail length of 5.6 feet. What is the tail length of an alligator whose body... more
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College Algebra Word Problem

09/15/15

How long would it take you to finish the table working alone?
Working with your cousin, you can refinish a table in 4 hours. Working alone your cousin can complete the job in 20 hours. How long would it take you to finish the table working alone?
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College Algebra Word Problem

09/15/15

What is the airplane's average rate in calm air?
The rate of the jet stream is 300mph. Traveling with the jet stream, an airplane can fly 3600 miles in the same amount of time as it takes to fly 1200 miles against the jet stream. What is the... more
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College Algebra Word Problem

09/15/15

What is the average rate on the return trip
you ride your bike to campus a distance of 7 miles and returning home on the same route.Going to campus you ride mostly downhill and average 8 miles per hour faster than on your return trip home.... more
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College Algebra Word Problem Word Problem Systems Of Equations

09/15/15

WORD PROBLEM ON WORK
5 Sam and Joey are hired for a project. After they work together for 2 hours, Sam leaves and Joey ?nishes the project in 3 more hours. Had Joey left instead of Sam, it would have taken Sam 4 more... more
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College Algebra Word Problem Math College Algebra Math Word Problem

09/14/15

Please answer this word problem! With solutions and explanation would be very much appreciated. Thank you!
The height of a box is twice its length. The length of this box is twice its width. If each dimension is increased by 1 inch, the volume is increased by 71 square inches. Find the dimensions of the... more
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College Algebra Word Problem Math Math Word Problem

09/14/15

Please answer this word problem! With solutions and explanation would be very much appreciated. Thank you!
A car travels 90 kilometers one hour faster than it takes a slower car to cover the same distance. The speed of the faster car is 24 kilometers per hour more than the speed of the slower car. How... more
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College Algebra Word Problem

09/13/15

Algebra word problem
Stella runs a business out of her home making quilts. Each month she has fixed cost of $200. In addition, for each quilt she makes, she incurs an additional cost of $1.75. If her total cost for the... more
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College Algebra Word Problem

09/13/15

Use midpoint formula to estimate sales
A soda company had sales of $19,574 million in 2002 and $35,113 million in 2010. Use the Midpoint Formula to estimate the sales in 2006. Assume that the sales followed a linear pattern.
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College Algebra Word Problem

09/10/15

How much pure alcohol should I add?
How many gallons of pure alcohol should be mixed with 20 gal of a 15% alcohol solution to get a mixture that is 25% alcohol?
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College Algebra Word Problem

09/10/15

What is the distance between the two cities if my total traveling time was 32hrs?
On a vacation I averaged 50 mph traveling from Denver to Minneapolis. Returning I took a different route that covered the same miles, and I averaged 55 mph. What is the distance between the two... more
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College Algebra Word Problem Factoring

09/09/15

Suppose that Arlene can mow the entire lawn in 40 minutes less time with the power mower than she can with the push mower. One day the power mower broke down af
Suppose that Arlene can mow the entire lawn in 40 minutes less time with the power mower than she can with the push mower. One day the power mower broke down after she had been mowing for 30... more
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