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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.
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02/16/15

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

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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Word Problems

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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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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02/05/15

Word problem
The store is offering a 15% discount on all items. You have a coupon worth $2 off any item. Let X be the original cost of an item. Use a composition of functions to find a function c(x) that gives... more
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Word Problems

02/05/15

what percent of 85 is 22.95
hi im asking this questin in favor of my math teacher  
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