56 Answered Questions for the topic Solving Rational Equations
Solving Rational Equations
John takes 2 hours longer than Andrew to peel 600 pounds of apples. If together they can peel 600 pounds of apples in 8 hours, then how long would it take John to peel the apples working alone?
Solving Rational Equations
04/28/16
Maya can install flooring in a room in 4hrs. Reginald can install flooring in a room in 3 hrs. How long would it take them i they worked together?
Maya and Reginald are installing hardwood flooring. Maya can install flooring in a room in 4hrs. Reginald can install flooring in a room in 3 hrs. How long would it take them i they worked together?
02/27/16
Radical Expressions
A kayaker spends a morning paddling on a river. She travels 9 miles upstream and 9 miles downstream in a total of 6 hours. In still water, she can travel at an average speed of 4 miles per hour....
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Solving Rational Equations
01/19/16
a plumber has a 36 inch long pipe. he must cut it into two pieces so that one piece is 14 in longer than the other. how long is each piece?
i need help finding the equation
help please :)
Solve the following rational equations; be sure to check for extraneous solutions (please solve all):A) 2x + 3 = 6 x-3 x-2 x²-5x+6B) 3 = x+2 x-2 7
Solving Rational Equations
09/13/15
solving radial terms
add or subtract simplify by collecting like radial terms if possible
5 sr (square root) 80+ sr 125 - sr 20 =
Solving Rational Equations
08/30/15
Jean runs 6 mi and then rides 24 mi on her bicycle in a biathlon. She rides 8 mph faster than she runs. determine both average speeds if total time is 2.25 hr
college algebra, solving rational equations. Cant seem to get the formula written correctly.
Solving Rational Equations
08/10/15
Describe and Correct the error
k/k+5 + 5/k+3 = -2k/ k^2 +8k+15
LCD= (k+3)(k+5)
k(k+3)+5(k+5)=-2k
k^2+3k+5k+25=-2k
k^2+8k+25=-2k
k^2+10k+25=0
(k+5)^2=0
k=-5
Solving Rational Equations Algebra 1 Equations
08/09/15
What does 2/3g +8= 6 become when you solve it?
An equation with a fraction and a variable. Can't understand it!??? For math work over the summer for school. Help!!
Solving Rational Equations
08/01/15
rational equation??
On a particular day, the wind added 2 miles per hour to Jaime's rate when she was rowing with the wind and subtracted 2 miles per hour from her rate on her return trip. Jaime found that in the same...
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Solving Rational Equations Word Problem
05/03/15
Rational equation word proplem
Elizabeth drove the first half of the trip at 60 miles per an hour and the rest of the trip at 40 miles per an hour what was the average speed of the whole trip
04/19/15
Rational Equations
Octavian invests some money at 8.5% and half as much at 10%. in time, he receives $1000 interest. how much did he invest at each rate?
04/19/15
Rational Equations
Joe and Bob had to pick rocks from the baseball field. Joe could do it alone in 3 hours. Bob could finish alone in 2 hours. How long would it take them to finish the job together?
04/19/15
Rational Equations
There were 3 consecutive even integers. Write a variable for the first number. Write a phrase for half of the second number. Write a phrase for a third of the third number. All three phrases added...
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Solving Rational Equations Algebra 2
04/19/15
Rational Equations
begin with the fraction 4/9. now add a certain number x to the numerator and subtract x from the denominator and the result will be 3/10. find x.
Solving Rational Equations Two Answers
04/16/15
Im confused with setting this problem up
A house mover towed a historic Victorian home 72 miles to locate it on a new site. On his return, without the heavy house in tow, his average speed was 25 mph faster and the trip was 2 hours...
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Solving Rational Equations
12/04/14
solve these four rational equations step by step
4x÷x2-25 + 3÷x+5
7÷3 + 5÷x
X÷4 + 2÷3=x÷12
4÷x+2 + 2÷x+1=3÷x2+3x+2t
Solving Rational Equations
12/04/14
how to solve these two rational equations step by step
1÷x2+7x+12 + 7÷x+4
3x÷x2-16 + 5x÷x-4
Solving Rational Equations
12/04/14
how to solve each of these three rational equations step by step
X÷4 + 2÷3=x÷12
2÷5 + 7÷x
5÷4 + 7÷12x =1÷3
11/16/14
The answer to this problem is x=-10 or x=3, but I keep getting a fraction when I solve it.
[5]/[x^2-3x+2]-[1]/[x-2]=[x+6]/[3x-3]
Thanks to all who help :)
11/16/14
My sister and I got different answers to this problem, can anyone help us out? Thanks.
Water flowing through both a small pipe and a large pipe can fill a water tank in 9 hours. Water flowing through the large pipe alone can fill the tank in 17 hours. Write an equation that can be...
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11/16/14
I think I know how to solve this, but I'm not quite sure...
Jake can mulch a garden in 30 minutes. Together, Jake and Ross can mulch the same garden in 16 minutes. How much time t, in minutes, will it take Ross to mulch the garden when working alone?
Solving Rational Equations
10/31/14
An experienced bricklayer can work twice as fast as an apprentice bricklayer. After the bricklayers work together on a job for 8 h, the experienced bricklayer q
An experienced bricklayer can work twice as fast as an apprentice bricklayer. After the bricklayers work together on a job for 8 h, the experienced bricklayer quits. The apprentice requires 10 more...
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Solving Rational Equations Ratio And Proportions
10/31/14
approximately 2400 squawfish at the Dam. Later, 216 squawfish were recaptured and 9 of them had tags. How many squawfish would you estimate are in the area?
A team of biologists captured and tagged approximately 2400 northern squawfish at the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. Later, 216 squawfish were recaptured and 9 of them had tags. How many...
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