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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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02/05/15

nine is three times the difference of a number and two
translate and solve  
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02/05/15

Basic word problem for algebra 2 don't know how to do it
at a music store compact discs cost 13.95 each are on sale for 10.95 if you spent 146.40 on 12 compact discs how many regular prices and sale prices discs did you buy?
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02/04/15

You have 15 blue socks and 20 green socks in a drawer. How many socks must you take from the drawer (without looking) to be sure of getting:
a.three socks of the same color?b. two socks with different colors?
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02/04/15

how many home team fans and away team fans attended the game?
75 people attended a baseball game. everyone there was a fan of either the home team or the away team. the number of home team fans was less 90 than 4 times the number of away team fans. how many... more
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Word Problems Math 135

02/03/15

An open box is to be constructed
An open box is to be constructed from a square piece of sheet metal by removing a square of side 3 feet from each corner and turning up the edges. IF the box is to hold 243 cubic feet, what should... more
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02/03/15

The sum of the measure of the angles of any triangle is 180 degrees.
In triangle ABC, angles A and B have the same measure, while the measure of angle C is 84 degrees larger than each of A and B. What are the measures of the three angles? A) Definition of... more
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02/03/15

One crew can seal a parking lot in 6 hours and another in 8 hours. How long will it take to seal the parking lot if the two crews work together?
One crew can seal a parking lot in 6 hours and another in 8 hours. How long will it take to seal the parking lot if the two crews work together?
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02/03/15

262/0.00492; 3 significant digits
What is the 3 significant digits if this probl   
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02/03/15

Find the numbers.
A first number plus twice a second number is 17. Twice the first number plus the second totals 19. Find the numbers.
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02/01/15

The mean of the commute time to work for a resident of a certain city is 27.3 minutes. Assume that the standard deviation of the commute time is 6.6 minutes.
What minimum percentage of commute in the city has a commute time within 2 standard deviations of mean????  
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01/31/15

A student needs at least 80%
A student needs at least 80% of all points on the test in class to get a B. There are three 100-point tests and one 250-final test. The student's test scores are 72,85 and 78 for the 100 point... more
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01/31/15

A vending machine
A vending machine takes only dimes and quarters. If it contains 100 coins with a total value of $14.50, how many of each type of the coin are in the machine?
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01/30/15

A rectangular field is eight times as long as it is wide. If the perimeter of the field is 1170 feet, what are the dimensions of the field?
Write an equation you can use to answer the given question. Let w be the width of the field. Do not solve the equation yet.
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01/30/15

word problem
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 4.4 MB. Yesterday, there were... more
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01/29/15

The seventh grade has 215 students. There are 20 more boys than girls. How many girls are there?
       This is a 6th grade math problem.  
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01/29/15

word queston
there were 505 tickets purchased for a major league baseball game. the lower reserved tickets costs $9.50 and the upper box costs $10.00 the total amount of money spent was $4874.00. How many of... more
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01/28/15

KAREN SPENT $131 ON SHIRTS. FANCY SHIRTS COST $28 AND NORMAL SHIRTS COST $15. SHE BOUGHT 7. HOW MANY OF EACH SHIRT DID SHE BUY
 KAREN SPENT $131 ON SHIRTS. FANCY SHIRTS COST $28 AND NORMAL SHIRTS COST $15. SHE BOUGHT 7. HOW MANY OF EACH SHIRT DID SHE BUY
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01/27/15

A driver averaged 48 miles per hour and took 5 hours to travel between two cities. What is the distance between the two cities?
Trying to find the distace between the two cities. 
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01/26/15

the tuition at a local college was $2477 in 1993 and $3060 in 1998 .Find the rate at which the tuition was increasing.
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Word Problems Word Problem Help Matching

01/26/15

Find out which person will be stationed in each city.
Below is a map of the United States, showing the air routes maintained between major cities by an airline. The airline wants to staff its airport control towers with eight people, one at each... more
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01/26/15

Cycling word problem
as much as I try I can not find any equation that would give me the correct answer to this problem.   "a cyclist leaves his training base for a morning workout at the rate of 18 mph. One hour... more
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Word Problems Pre Calculus Math Help

01/25/15

If the Velocity of a particle doubles, how many times its Kinetic Energy changes?
 so i have K=(1/2)MV2   
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01/25/15

when a number is increased by 8% of itself, the result is 54.
When a number is increased by 8% of itself, the result is 54. Find the number.
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01/25/15

a college turtoring center pays mathe tutor 8,.15 per hour. tutor earn an additiona 2.50 per hour for each hour over 40 hours per week. A math tutor worked 42.h
a college turtoring center pays mathe tutor 8,.15 per hour. tutor earn an additiona 2.50 per hour for each hour over 40 hours per week. A math tutor worked 42.hurs one week and 45 hours the second... more
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