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Word Problems Linear Systems

09/24/18

you are making 100 L of 48% alcohol solution by mixing 40% alcohol and 60% alcohol. how many litres of each must be used?

you need to know how many litres of 40% alcohol and 60% alcohol must be used.  

09/23/18

-46 decreased by the difference between -23 and -63

please help me find the solution but also learn how to put together a equation 
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09/23/18

Word fractions

A girl spent 1/5 of her pocket money on sweets and 2/3 on toys. What fraction of her money did she spend ? What fraction has she left
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09/19/18

lisa ran 3 miles in 21 minutes. At that rate, how long would it take her to run 5 miles

If lisa ran 3 miles in 21 minutes how long would it take her to run 5 miles?
Word Problems Math Geometry Probability

09/18/18

Rearranging Words Without Replacement

Irving wants to rearrange the letters in turkey without replacement. How many ways can he rearrange them with 't' being first and 'u' being second? Please show work. Thanks :)
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09/17/18

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Use d=rt to find how far Joe drove in 15 minutes at a rate of 48 mi/hr
Word Problems

09/17/18

a coat that regularly cost $152.98 is on sale for 25%off. the sale tax is 8 1/4 what would be the cost of the coat if i rounded off to the nearest dollar

a coat cost 152.98 it go's on sale for 25% off then you have to and the sale tax of 8 1/4 then you have to round it off to the nearest dollar.zabon

A 3-gallon bottle of bleach costs $14.88. What is the price per cup?

i need to know the price per cup
Word Problems

09/16/18

how much pounds of apple slices were used

At a health food store,dried apples slices that cost 1.80/lb are mixed with dried banana slices that costs 2.10/lb. If the mixture weighs 5 lbs and cost 2.10.
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09/15/18

Two families go to the cinema

Smith buy 1 adult and 4 children for £19 Jones buy 2 adults and 2 children for £17 What is cost of 1 child ticket 
Word Problems Radical Equations

09/12/18

Word problem including radical equations

What does it mean to ‘carry my intermediate computations to at least four decimal places’? The example question and answer confused me more than it did help. ( _/ is the square root sign) Example... more
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09/11/18

WHAT ARE THE LENGTHS OF THE TWO WALLS?!?!?!?!

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC is in the shape of two sides of an isosceles triangle. If the two walls of equal length were joined by a straight line of 438 feet, the perimeter of... more
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09/11/18

Solving a word problem with two unknowns using a linear equation

A local hamburger shop sold a combined total of 650 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Monday. They were 50 if you were cheeseburger sold and hamburgers. How many hamburgers were sold on Monday?
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09/11/18

can you help me with this probl

On average the number of microphones sold in Michigan each year is 84,156, which is six times the average number of microphones sold each year in Alaska. How many microphones, on average, are sold... more
Word Problems

09/10/18

Perimeter of a rectangular wooden deck is 90 from. The deck's length ,L, is 5 feet less than 4 times it's width,W.

Which system of linear equations can be used to determine the dimensions, in feet, of the wooden deck 
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09/10/18

A video store charges a one-time membership fee of $12.00 plus $1.50 per video rental. How many videos can stewart rent if he spends $21

$12.00 plus $1/50 equals how much Stewart rented how much did he rent  
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09/10/18

A box has 32 kg of tea. How many 1/4 kg packets could be filled from that box?

A box has 32 kg of tea. How many 1/4 kg packets could be filled from the box
Word Problems

09/08/18

pizza word problem

A 6 inch personal pizza has 580 calories, with 240 of those from fat. A 12 inch pizza is cut into 8 slices. Estimate the number of calories in one slice of a 12 inch pizza.
Word Problems Inequalities

09/06/18

The length of a picture frame is 3 in greater than the width. The perimeter is less than 52 in. Describe the dimensions of the frame.

i just dont get how to turn it into an inequality. i get l > w and p < 52 but idk what to do with that 

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