2,103 Answered Questions for the topic Word Problems

02/18/15

The pressure exerted by a gas is 2.5 atm while it has a volume of 150 cm3. What would be the volume of this sample of gas at standard atmospheric pressure?
answers must show units, and must be rounded to the correct number of significant digits. Pressure for STP in atmospheric units (atm) is 1.0, STP for kilopascals (kPa) is 101.3 kPa The pressure... more
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Word Problems Algebra 1

02/18/15

Help on this problem
Grace deposits $1000 in a mutual fund earning 9.5% annual interest, compounded monthly.   Write an exponential function that models the situation where Y is the amount of Grace's investment and X... more
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Word Problems

02/18/15

The 15% of 8000 divided by 2
If you have a total of $8000 invested in 2 accounts. In one account the annua interest rate is 5%. On the second account the annual interest rate is 10%. The total annual interest earned by the 2... more
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02/17/15

Sydney ran 400 meters in 1 min. 20 sec. What was Sydney's average rate in meters per second?
400 meters in 1 min. 20 sec.  average rate in meters per sec. =?
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Word Problems Algebra 2

02/17/15

Finding current and rate of boat in still water.
A boat can travel 24 miles in 3 hours when traveling with a current. Against the same current, it can travel only 16 miles in 4 hours. Find the rate of the current and the rate of the boat in still... more
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02/16/15

Larry is 2 years older than Susan, while Nathan is twice as old as Susan. If the sum of their ages is 30 years, find each of their ages.
I need help solving this. Thank you!
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Word Problems Solve Word Problem

02/16/15

5 times a number, decreased by 8, is 32. Find the number
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Word Problems

02/16/15

The sum of 3 times a number and 7 is 25. What is the number?
I have to solve this word problem.
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Word Problems Math Help Word Problem

02/16/15

How many laps will each boy have run?
 Josh, who runs at a rate of 3 laps per minute, had completed 2 laps already when he was joined on the track by Marshall. Marshalls pace is 4 laps per minute. At some point, the two will have run... more
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02/16/15

Interest Rates
How much money should be invested in an account at an annual rate 8%, compounded SEMIANNUALLY, in order to have $12,775 in 10 years? Find the amount of interest being paid for the desired amount.
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02/16/15

mile-to-hour unit rate
Train A travels 390 miles in 6 hours and train B travels 420 miles in 7 hours. Find the mile-to-hour unit rate for trains A and B and compare their speed.
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Word Problems Algebra Numbers

02/16/15

Find the number.
If 8 is added to twice a number and its sum is multiplied by 5, te result is the same as if the number is multiplied by 6 and 12 is added to the product. what is the number
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Word Problems Odd Integers

02/15/15

the sum off 3 odd integers is 303. find the integers
Find the integers 
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Word Problems

02/15/15

how do I set up "four times the sum of 4 and a number yields the difference between 24 and 6 times the number".
I struggle with turning math word problems into algebraic expressions.
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02/15/15

A baseball team played 12 games. The team won three times as many games as they lost. How many games did the team win?
A baseball team played 12 games. The team won three times as many games as they lost. How many games did the team win?
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02/13/15

Practice Test Question, Probability with Percents, Please Help?
Mrs. Jones surveys her class about their siblings. In the class, 75% of the students have a brother, 82% have a sister, and 65% have both a brother and a sister. What is the probability that a... more
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02/13/15

How much of the solution should be drained and replaced with bleach to increase the bleach content to the recommended level?
A health clinic uses a solution of bleach to sterilize petri dishes in which cultures are grown. The sterilization tank contains 90 gal of a solution of 4% ordinary household bleach mixed with pure... more
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02/13/15

Bob completed 3/4 of his homework. What fractions of homework is left to finish?
I don't get it
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Word Problems Trigonometry

02/12/15

A conveyor belt rises 2.45 metres. What is the length of the conveyor if the angle of inclination is 27D?
A conveyor belt rises 2.45 metres. What is the length of the conveyor if the angle of inclination is 27D?
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Word Problems

02/11/15

how do I do word problems with money
Alberto and Sumalee are selling pies for a school fundraiser. Customers can buy cherry pies and blackberry pies. Alberto sold 8 cherry and 2 blackberry pies for a total of 74 dollars. Sumalee sold... more
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Word Problems

02/10/15

A party rental company has chairs and tables for rent. The total cost to rent
A party rental company has chairs and tables for rent. The total cost to rent 4 chairs and 8 tables is $73 . The total cost to rent 2 chairs and 3 tables is $28 . What is the cost to rent each... more
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Word Problems Physics

02/09/15

Physics Word Problem
A car with mass 1.5 x 10^3 kg traveling east at a speed of 25 m/s collides at an intersection with a 2.5 x10^3 kg van traveling north at a speed of 20 m/s. Find the magnitude and direction of the... more
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Word Problems

02/09/15

Bottle of 1% solution and a bottle of 5% solution. 100 milliliters of 3% for an experiment. How many milliliters of each solution do you need to mix together.
In your chemistry lab, you have a bottle of 1% hydroelectric acid solution and a bottle of 5% hydroelectric acid solution. You need 100 milliliters of a 3% hydroelectric acid solution for an... more
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Word Problems

02/08/15

Out of 20 attemps a basketball player scored 8 times. What percent of his chances did he score?
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02/08/15

Math problem
Christine went shopping and bought each of her 10 nephews a gift, either video costing 14.95 or see costing 16.88. She spent 166.87 on the gifts. How many videos and how many CDs did she buy?
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