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College Algebra Word Problem

07/09/18

A truck enters a highway driving 60 mph. A car enters the highway at the same place 10 minutes later and drives 74 mph in the same direction.

A truck enters a highway driving 60 mph. A car enters the highway at the same place 10 minutes later and drives 74 mph in the same direction. From the time the car enters the highway, how long will... more
College Algebra Word Problem

07/08/18

Twin brothers, person A and person B, can mow their grandparent's lawn together in 12 minutes. Person A could mow the lawn by himself in 7 minutes less than it would take person B. how long would... more
College Algebra Word Problem

07/07/18

Worded algebra question

Ryan can mow a lawn in 1 hour and his son Malik can mow the same lawn in 50 minutes. One day Malik started mowing by himself in 30 minutes. Then Ryan joined him and they finished the lawn. How long... more
College Algebra Word Problem

07/07/18

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One computer can do a job twice as fast as another. Working together both computers can do a job in 2 hours. How long would it take each computer working alone to do the job.
College Algebra Word Problem

07/07/18

College algebra

An office contains 2 printers. Printer B takes 12 minutes longer than Printer A to print a monthly report. Using both printers together, it takes 8 minutes to print the report. How long would it... more
College Algebra Word Problem

07/07/18

College algebra

An open box is formed from a rectangular piece of cardboard whose length is 8cm more than its width by cutting squares of 2cm from each corner and folding. If the volume = 256 what are the dimensionS? more
College Algebra Word Problem

07/07/18

College algebra

The combined area of a square and a rectangle is 57 square feet . The width of the rectangle is 3ft more than the length of a side of the square, and the length of the rectangle is 5 ft more than... more
College Algebra Word Problem

07/06/18

Find the half-life of a radioactive element, which decays according to the function A(t)=A0e^-0.0279t, where t is the time in years.

the half-life if the element is ___ years.
College Algebra Word Problem

07/02/18

Worded algebraic question

a person invested $6500 for 1 year, part at 7%, part at 10%, and the remainder at 14%.the total annual income from these investments was$758. the amount of money invested at 14% was 700 more... more
College Algebra Word Problem

06/29/18

a person invested $6500 for 1 year, part at 7%, part at 10%, and the remainder at 14%. the total annual income from these investments was$758. the amount of money invested at 14% was 700 more than invested at 7% and 10% combined. Find the amount invested at each rate
College Algebra Word Problem

06/28/18

Lines can be used to approximate a wide variety of functions; often a function can be described using many lines.If a stock price goes from $10 to$12 from January 1st to January 31, and from $12... more College Algebra Word Problem 06/27/18 Algebra worded problem Due to the renovation of the male medical ward patients were housed in a nearby facility. A large room housed 48 patients. The number of patients in each row is 10 less than twice the number of... more College Algebra Word Problem 06/20/18 A cell phone plan charges$49.95 per month plus $14.02 in taxes, plus$.40 per minute for calls beyond the 600-minute monthly limit.

This question is on piece-wise functions.  I need all steps needed.
College Algebra Word Problem

06/16/18

A manufacturer of widgets has fixed costs of $610 per month, and the variable cost is$64 per thousand widgets (so it costs $64 to produce 1 thousand widgets). Let N be the number, in thousands, of... more College Algebra Word Problem 06/16/18 College Algebra Word Problem If you borrow$4700 at an APR of r (as a decimal) from a lending institution that compounds interest continuously, and if you wish to pay off the note in 3 years, then your monthly payment M, in... more
College Algebra Word Problem

05/30/18

A boat traveled downstream a distance of 90 mi and then came right back. If the speed of the current was 20 mph and the total trip took 6 hourscomma nbspfind th

A boat traveled downstream a distance of 90 mi and then came right back. If the speed of the current was 20 mph and the total trip took 6 hours, find the average speed of the boat relative to the... more
College Algebra Word Problem

05/23/18

Word problem

A window washer accidentally drops a bucket from the top of a 144-foot building. The height h of the bucket after t seconds  given by h=-16t2+144. When will the bucket hit the ground?
College Algebra Word Problem

05/22/18

Linear Inequalities

A company produces two types of drills, a corded and cordless. The cord-type drill requires 1 hours to make, and the cordless model requires 2 hours. The company has 120 work hours per day for... more
College Algebra Word Problem

05/20/18

Julia can paddle her kayak 7 miles per hour in still water. It takes her as long to paddle 21 miles upstream as it takes her to travel 28 miles downstream.

Need help creating the equation for this and how fast the rivers current is
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05/15/18

A ladder touches the wall @ 6 ft. Whats the length of the ladder if the length is 2 ft more than the distance from wall

This is a word problem for college algebra, and I am not entirely sure of how to set this up to solve it.
College Algebra Word Problem

05/15/18

One number is 4 more than twice the other number. If the sum of the two numbers is 19, find the two numbers.

This is a question that I don't fully understand on my math homework
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05/14/18

Use the formulas shown to write the company's profit function, P, from producing and selling x radios.

The formulas below are the cost and revenue functions for a company that manufactures and sells small radios.a. Use the formulas shown to write the company's profit function, P, from producing and... more
College Algebra Word Problem

05/08/18

he has \$3.45 in changeHe has fourfour more quarters than dimes but fourfour times as many nickels as quarters. How many coins of each type does he​ have?

How many dimes and how many quarters does he have

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