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Word Problem

03/13/17

A certain forest covers an area of 4800 km 2 . Suppose that each year this area decreases by 4 % . What will the area be after 13 years?
round answer to the nearest square kilometer
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Word Problem

03/13/17

I put 2 2/3 gallons of gas into my empty lawn mower. I notice it is now 2/3 full. What is the capacity of the gas tank. Need to solve using a diagram to explain
must use a diagram to show answer 
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Word Problem Word Problem Help

03/13/17

A boat can go 105 miles per hour in still water. It takes as long to go 630 miles upstream as it does to go dowstream 720 miles. How fast is the current?
A boat can go 105 miles per hour in still water. It takes as long to go 630 miles upstream as it does to go dowstream 720 miles. How fast is the current?
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Word Problem

03/12/17

A garden table and a bench cost $450 combined. The cost of the garden table is two times the cost of the bench. What is the cost of the bench?
 A garden table and a bench cost $450 combined. The cost of the garden table is two times the cost of the bench. What is the cost of the bench? 
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Word Problem

03/12/17

SPEED WORD PROBLEM
a trimaran boat with a top speed of 28 knots, won the tournament cup in   2010.  its top speed is 4 knots more than 1.5 times the top speed of the winner monohull in the 2007 tournament. find the... more
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Word Problem

03/10/17

Word problem
A fishing line x=9 feet long is cut into two pieces, one shorter than the other.express the length of the shorter piece in terms of the length of the longer piece L
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03/10/17

Function word problem please HELP
The Celestial Bakery currently sells an average of 750 wedding cakes per month and charges an average of $200 per cake. Market research indicates that for every $5 increase in the price of a cake,... more
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Word Problem

03/09/17

Cecila buys 32.40 dollars of gas, if she buys exactly 13.5 gallons what is the price per gallong
This is a problem im to lazy to do so please do it for me thanks 
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03/09/17

Math word problem 2. Please help. It's multiple choice.
A fruit vendor had $467.98 cash on hand in the morning. Total cash receipts after selling fruits during afternoon were $984.56 and during night were $2,573.69. The fruit vendor gave $3,300 cash to... more
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Word Problem

03/09/17

Question Below
A company makes electronic gadgets. One out of every 50 gadgets is faulty, but the companydoesnt know which ones are faulty until a buyer complains. Suppose the company makes a$3 profit on the sale... more
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Word Problem

03/08/17

The distance between a to c is 3 times of the distance from a to b. the distance from b to c is 360 meters. What is the distance from a to b?
How to solve this question?
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Word Problem Algebra Linear Equations

03/08/17

If the total receipts were $1650, how many of each kind of ticket was sold?
For the Athletic Banquet adult tickets cost $5.00 and student tickets cost $3.00. The committee sold twice as many student tickets as adult tickets. If the total receipts were $1650, how many of... more
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Word Problem Angles Vectors

03/08/17

Determine the angle between vectors p and q if (p-3q) is perpendicular to (3p+2q) and |p|=2|q|.
I would like some help on just how to solve these kind of problems as I am stuck on it.
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Word Problem Math Pythagorean Theorem

03/08/17

Pythagorean Theorem Word Problem
A 1 mile piece of rail is cut in half. Each end has one side/end bolted to the ground. The other two ends are touching each other. In the heat of the day, each half mile of rail expands 1/2 an... more
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Word Problem

03/08/17

If 3 tickets are $5 each then 30 tickets are how much each
Really stuck on this for some reason
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Word Problem

03/07/17

A jet plane traveling at 500 mph overtakes a propeller plane traveling at 200 mph that had a 2 hour head start. How far from the starting point are the planes?
Jet plane traveling at 500 mph overtakes propeller plane traveling at 200 mph w a 2 hour head start. How far are they from the starting point?
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Word Problem

03/07/17

If 7 quilts = 21 yards, how many yards is 12 quilts
Show math
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Word Problem

03/07/17

Andy worked 7 times as many hours as Jacob. Together they worked a total of 88 hours. How many hours did Andy work?
Andy worked 7 times as many hours as Jacob. Together they worked a total of 88 hours.  How many hours did Andy work?
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Word Problem

03/07/17

a company charges 211.25 for 5 trees and 15 shrubs. the company charges 15.25 more for a tree than a shrub. how much does each shrub cost?
would like to figure how to answer
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Word Problem

03/07/17

if 15 more than a number is 3 more than double the number, what is the number?
if 15 more than a number is 3 more than double the number, what is the number?
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Word Problem

03/07/17

please answer
Sarah blends coffee She needs to prepare 150 pounds of blended coffee beans selling for $5.38 per pound. She plans to do this by blending together a high-quality bean costing $6.25 per pound and a... more
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Word Problem

03/07/17

wahtst the answer
Smith invested $25,000 in two accounts, one yielding 8 % interest and the other yielding 11 %. If she received a total of $2,600 in interest at the end of the year, how much did she invest in each... more
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Word Problem

03/06/17

How to express in ratio in simplest form: 2 miles to 880 yds
How to express in ratio in simplest form:2 miles to 880 yds
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Word Problem

03/06/17

You have a piggy bank containing a total of 47 coins in dimes and quarters. If the piggy bank contains ​$ 8.00​, how many dimes are there in the piggy​ bank?
help solve 
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03/06/17

The long side of a rectangle is 3x+21 units, and it's area is 3x^2+33x+84. Find the width
The long side of a rectangle is 3x+21 units, and it's area is 3x^2+33x+84. Find the width
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