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09/15/15

How many color TV sets were sold?
An appliance dealor sold 40 tv sets during a sale. Some of the sets were black and white models, each selling at $119. The rest were color sets at $319 each. The sale brought in $10,360. How many... more
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09/14/15

How do you write an equation for this question I know the answer is 6 but how do you get that
A parking garage charges $2 for the first hour and $1 for each additional hour. Fran has $7.50 to spend for parking. What is the greatest number of hours frank can park?
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09/14/15

Find the average rate of each train.
A freight train takes 16 hours to travel the same distance that an express train travels in 12 hours. The average rate of the train is 15 miles per hour more than that of the freight train. Find... more
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09/14/15

What number gives a result of -4 when 9 is subtracted from the quotient of the number and 5?
What number gives a result of -4 when 9 is subtracted from the quotient of the number and 5?
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09/13/15

Math word problem in spanish
Una firma de inversión tiene $100.000 para invertir de un cliente y decide invertir en dos fondo, A y B. La tasa rendimiento esperada, o interés simple, por el fondo A es 15%, pero hay algo de... more
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09/13/15

if a backyard is a square and the area is 4,225 square feet what is the length of one side
i have an answer but it is not right and i do not understand why i got 1056.25 please help 
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09/13/15

Can anyone help me with this problem?
sally gave her friend $145.34 each. If she gave a total of $2,568.68, how many friend received a gift?
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09/11/15

Ten people are at a party, and you want everyone to meet (shake hands with) everyone else at the party. How many handshakes will it take?
Solution to this word problem 
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09/11/15

A newspaper carrier has $6.40 in change. He has two more quarters than dimes but four times as many nickels as quarters. How many of each type does he have?
Linear equation Word problem help
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09/11/15

Algebra word problem
A minor league baseball team plays 127127 games in a season. If the team won 1515 more than three timesthree times as many games as they? lost, how many wins and losses did the team? have?
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09/10/15

library had a sale. It sold paper-back books for $2.00 and hard-cover books for $5.00. They raised $271 and sold 89 books. How many hard-cover books were sold?
the local library had a sale to get rid of books that were slightly damaged. It sold paper-back books for $2.00 and hard-cover books for $5.00. The library raised $271 and sold 89 books. How many... more
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09/10/15

Math word problem
A grocery store bought ice cream for $2.80 per half gallon and stored it in two freezers. During the night, one freezer malfunctioned and ruined 12 half gallons. If the remaining ice cream is sold... more
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09/10/15

a drama class has 29 students. The number of females is 9 less than the number of males. How many males and how many females are in the class?
i am looking for help to solve this problem. it would be great if I could find some help. thank you in advance. 
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09/09/15

Two angles are supplementary. If and angle is 6 degrees more than twice the other angle, what are the angles?
Two angles are supplementary. If and angle is 6 degrees more than twice the other angle, what are the angles?
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09/08/15

Please help, Don't know how to do this word problem.
With water from one hose, a swimming pool can be filled in 8 hours. A second, larger hose used alone can fill the pool in 5 hours. How long would it take to fill the pool if not hoses were used... more
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09/07/15

Word problem
shureka Washurn has scores of 72, 67, 82, and 79 on her algebra tests.a. Use an inequality to find the scores she must make on the final exam to pass the course with an average of 77 or higher,... more
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09/04/15

the difference of a number divided by 5 and 7 is equal to 8
 word problem help please
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09/03/15

Samuel tosses a football from the top of a hill. The football's height H, in feet, after t seconds is modeled by the equation H=-16t^2+16t+60.
Samuel tosses a football from the top of a hill. The football's height H, in feet, after t seconds is modeled by the equation H=-16t^2+16t+60. After how many seconds will the football reach the... more
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09/03/15

the area of a rectangular plot is 300 square meters. The length of the plot is one more than twice its width. Find the length and width of the plot.
the area of a rectangular plot is 300 square meters. The length of the plot is one more than twice its width. Find the length and width of the plot.
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09/03/15

Kevin has the same number of 48 cent stamps as 5 cent stamps. The total value of the stamps is $18.02. How many stamps of each kind does he have?
Kevin has the same number of 48 cent stamps as 5 cent stamps. The total value of the stamps is $18.02. How many stamps of each kind does he have?
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09/02/15

A teacher wants to demonstrate pi to her students, so she plans on cutting a piece of wood exactly 2 * 3.1416 feet in length and show it to them.
 Explain why she cannot do this. Then give an approximation for how long the piece of wood should be.   In my question, I was unable to type verbatim for lack of a pi symbol on the ipad.  In the... more
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09/01/15

Mr. Jordan is now 13 times as old as his grandson Michael. 2 years from now he will be 10 times as old as Michael will be. How old are Mr. Jordan and Michael
how old are mr. Jordan and Michael now?
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09/01/15

a rectangle has sides of length 1 and x. When a square with side length 1 is removed from the rectangle...
a rectangle has sides of length 1 and x. When a square with side length 1 is removed from the rectangle, the remaining rectange has the same proportions as the original. what are all the steps to... more
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09/01/15

Jamie has 22 quarters and nickels worth $3.10. How many of each coin does she have?
Please solve as a system of equations, not just one, and show the steps.
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09/01/15

One car travels about 28.5 miles on each gallon of gas. Suppose the average price of gas is $2 per gallon. About how much would the gas for a 978 mile trip cost
This is from the mcdougal littell algebra 1 textbook 2007 edition on page 33.
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