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08/18/15

Can you please help me on this?
The pitcher for the robins throws a baseball at 90.0 miles per hour. The pitcher on the Bluebirds throws a baseball 121 feet per second. Which pitcher throws a baseball faster? Explain. 
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08/17/15

how do I figure out this equation
how do I figure out this equation a flagpole outside Williams Academy is 28 feet high at 4 PM it cast a shadow that is 40 feet long what is the length of the shadow of a student who is 6 feet tall... more
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08/17/15

Word Problem
The length of a dog kennel is 4 feet longer than its width. If the perimeter is 52 feet, what is the length and width. Please show all work.
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08/17/15

Factoring - Word Problem
The area of a triangle is 77 inches2.  If the height is 3 inches greater than the base, find the length of the base and the height. Note that the area of a triangle is A=1/2bh. Please show all steps.
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08/17/15

Factoring - Word Problem
Investigators at a traffic accident use the equation: D=0.04v^2 + 0.8v where v is teh velocity (speed in mph) of the car before starting to stop and D is the stopping distance (length of the skid... more
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08/15/15

Can you please help me with this problem?
Marietta was given a raise of 0.75 per hour, which gave her a new wage of $12.25 per hour. Write and solve an equation to determine Marietta's hourly wage before her raise. 
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08/15/15

Can you please help me with this problem.
Paul bought a student discount card for the bus.The card allows him to buy daily bus passes for $1.50. after one month,Paul bought 15 passes and spent a total of $29.50. How much did he spend on... more
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08/14/15

the length of a rectangular air filter is 7 inches less than twice the width. Find the length and width of the filter if the area is 429 square inches
I need this question answered as soon as possible, I'm not sure how to set it up and solve it, Thank you!
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08/11/15

if five times the smaller of two consecutive integers is added to three times the larger,the result is 59.find the integers.
If five times the smaller of two consecutive integers is added to three times the larger,the result is 59.find the intergers
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08/11/15

jean paid $42 for a shirt this is $14 less than twice what he spent on a hat.how much did he spend on the hat?
Jean paid $42 for a shirt this is $14 less than twice what he spent on a hat.how much did he spend on the hat?
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08/10/15

Word Problems
A Web music store offers two versions of a popular song. The size of the standard version is 2.9 megabytes (MB). The size of the high-quality version is 4.6 MB. Yesterday, there were 1060 downloads... more
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08/08/15

A shop buys tablets from the manufacturer for $102 each, and sells them tothe public for $180 each. The shop has fixed costs of $35,000.
a. create an equation that expresses the business' profit as a function of the number of tablets sold. b. use this equation to determine how many tablets must be sold in order for the shop to break.
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07/30/15

Determing the constant speed of a motorboat
A motorboat heads upstream a distance of 24 miles on a river with current running 3 miles per hour. The trip up and back takes 6 hours. Assuming the motorboat maintained a constant speed relative... more
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07/27/15

Find the points
1.  Consider the points   P= (-3,2)  and Q = (2,1). a.  find the slope of the line through P and Q. b.  find the equation of the line passing through P and Q. c.  Find the distance between P and... more
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07/26/15

Does the expression for length = 7x^3 - 11x^2 ??
The width w of a rectangular swimming pool is 7x^2. The area A of the pool is 7x^3 – 42x^2. What is an expression for the length of the pool?    Does the expression for length = 7x^3 - 11x^2 ??  
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07/25/15

One side of triangle is 6 more than 2 times the shortest side. The third side is 10 centimeters
One side of triangle is 6 more than 2 times the shortest side. The third side is 10 centimeters more than the shortest side. The perimeter is 68. Find all three sides.
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07/23/15

probability question
4 different written driving tests are administered by the Motor Vehicles Division.  One of these 4 tests is selected at random for each applicant for a driver's license.  If a group consisting of... more
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07/21/15

You are buying $605,000 of insurance and are told it will cost $0.391 for each $1000 of insurance monthly. What will your monthly payment be?
 Checking on converting a work policy to personal policy
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07/20/15

Need help with word problem
Hello! I am very confused on how to go about solving this word problem. Please help me.   Fatuma invests a total of $18,500 in two accounts paying 3% and 5% simple interest, respectively. How... more
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07/17/15

Word Problem
A private plane traveled from Seattle to a rugged wilderness, at an average speed of 240 mph. On the return trip, the average speed was 336 mph. If the total traveling time was 7 hours, how far is... more
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07/17/15

solve word problem
A women group decided to raise Kshs 20000 towards a charity. Five of them were unable to contribute. The rest had to pay an extra Kshs 200 each to realize the same amount. How many members were in... more
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Word Problem Help Algebra 1 Geometry Discrete Math

07/14/15

Confusing reasoning/logical question. PLEASE HELP!!!
  I really need help on these types of questions. I just don't understand how to do them. I don't even understand what math this is lol (algebra 1,2 or geometry). Please help and please tell me... more
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07/14/15

IF A BROWNIE RECIPE IS FOR 12 SERVINGS AND USES 1/2 CUP OF NUTS IF IT IS REDUCED TO 10 SERVINGS HOW MANY CUPS OF NUTS ARE NEEDED
I am not sure what formula to use.
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07/11/15

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A third-grade teacher wants to plan a party for her school. She surveys her own class to find out their preference among chocolate cookies, ice cream sandwiches, and peanuts. Out of her 28... more
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07/10/15

There were 165 apple stores worldwide in 2006 and 357 apple stores worldwide in 2011.
Write a linear equation in slope-intercept form that models this growth. Let x stand for the number of years after 2006 and let y= the number of apple stores worldwide.
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