479 Answered Questions for the topic PROBLEM SOLVING

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12/14/16

Please help me with this problem
If x-2 is a factor of 2x^2+bx-10 , what is the value of b ?
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12/07/16

What is the height of the candle after 30 hours?
Suppose that the height (in centimeters) of a candle is a linear function of the amount of time (in hours) it has been burning. After 15 hours of burning, a candle has a height of 12 centimeters.... more
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Problem Solving

12/06/16

henry must place cones along the side of the parking lot at 10-foot intervals. if the side is 150 ft long how many cones will he need?
This is a math problem solving question.
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Problem Solving Math

11/29/16

How many students on the bicycles?
Mrs. Garcia watches 16 students cycle home after school. She counts 36 wheels. Some of the students are on bicycles, and the rest are on tricycles. How many students are on bicycles?
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11/22/16

Tracy needs to find the length and width of the equipment storage room where she works. The room is 3 meters longer than it is wide. Its perimeter is 18 meters.
 Tracy needs to find the length and width of the equipment storage room where she works. The room is 3 meters longer than it is wide. Its perimeter is 18 meters. What is the width of the storage room? more
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Problem Solving Math Worded Problems Uhu

11/21/16

My collection of spiders and beetles has 8 heads and 54 legs. How many are there of each?
My collection of spiders and beetles has 8 heads and 54 legs. How many are there of each?
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Problem Solving

11/15/16

Make sense and preserve
Vi walks five days each week. She walks the e distance on the first two days. On days three and four, Vi walks half as far as on each of the first two days. On day five, she walks half as far as on... more
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Problem Solving

11/15/16

Can someone help me with this please?
A beverage set consists of a mug, a coffee pot bd a serving plate. The mug costs p dollars. The serving plate costs $5 more than the mug. The coffee post costs four times as much as the mug. What... more
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11/15/16

Problem solving with algebra and linear equations help!!
The linear path of a comet is x-2y=4. The orbit of a planet around a star is represented by the equation x2+y2=25. The planet orbits the star at a distance of 450 million kilometres. The star is... more
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11/08/16

Show all steps and work leading to an answer. Don't forget to define your variables and label your answers.
a baseball player throws a ball from the outfield toward home plate. The ball's height above the ground is modeled by the equation y=-16t^2+48t+6, where y represents height, in feet, and t... more
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Problem Solving

11/04/16

Swinging pendulum
Because of air resistance, the length of each swing of a certain pendulum is 80% the length of the previous swing. If the first swing was 40 ft, find the total distance the pendulum will swing... more
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Problem Solving Math Word Problem Tyty

10/31/16

ON Monday, 518 students went on a trip to the zoo. All the 9 buses were filled and 5 students had to travel by car. How many students were in each bus?
ON Monday, 518 students went on a trip to the zoo. All the 9 buses were filled and 5 students had to travel by car. How many students were in each bus?  
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Problem Solving Math Math Equation

10/23/16

create your a problem that involves one or both of the two points (-3, 4) and (6, 1)
The coordinates of two points are given: (-3, 4) and (6, 1)
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Problem Solving

10/19/16

How many fossil kits with 12 samples each have the same number of fossils as 30 fossil kits with 6 samples each?
Multiple choice: a) 15 b) 20 c) 150 d) 200   Show work.
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Problem Solving

10/12/16

volume of the carton
A manufacturer ships its product in boxes with edges of 4 inches. If 12 boxes are put in a carton and completely fill the carton, what is the volume of the carton?
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Problem Solving

10/06/16

If Jorge has $125 in his saving account and he deposits $20 every week and withdraws $25 every four weeks what will his balance be in 8 weeks
I don't get it what it is asking can you give me the answer 
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10/06/16

The number of felmales who apply for college is _ times as large as the # of students in the senior class
If two of every 3 seniors at a high school apply for college and 4 of every 7 seniors at the high school who apply for college are male students, then the number of females who apply for college is... more
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10/04/16

Nonlinear Equations
1. A bird starts flying up from the grass in a park and climbs at a steady rate of 0.5 meters per second. is height h in meters after t seconds is given by h=0.5t. The equation h=-4.9t^2+40t+3... more
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Problem Solving

10/03/16

Alan and? Ben, are 19.2 miles apart and walking towards each other. They meet in 44 hours. Find the rate of each hiker if Ben walks 0.6 mph faster than Alan.
I need help, I'm struggling in math and I can't find out how to solve these problems and get the correct answers. If you could help me out that would be great.
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09/29/16

Nonlinear Systems problem, can't quite figure it out!
1. A skateboard company's monthly sales income can be modeled by the equation C(s)=0.5s^2+25s+500, where S represents the number of skateboards sold. The monthly cost of running the business is... more
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Problem Solving Math

09/22/16

Determine the x and y intercept.
y=x^2+4x+2
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Problem Solving

09/21/16

Temperature at noon is 75 degrees. Temperature drops 3 degrees every half hour. What is temperature at 4pm
Need formula to solve
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Problem Solving Algebra 2 Quadratic Formula

09/21/16

Problem Solving-Quadratic Formula. Don't quite understand how to solve
In a shot put even, Jenna tosses her last shot from a position of about 6 feet above the ground with an initial vertical and horizontal velocity of 20 ft./s the height of the shot is modeled by the... more
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09/20/16

Can't figure out the answer. Im confused please Help!
A poster sells stamps usually in the proportion of fifteen 5-centavo stamps to every six 6-centavo stamps and every four 30-centavo stamps in ordering 15,000 of these stamps. How many more... more
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Problem Solving

09/20/16

How many quarters and how many dollar bills does it contain?
A tip jar contains twice as many quarters as dollar bills. If it has a total of $12 in it, how many quarters and how many dollars bills does it contain?
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