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Word Problems

12/08/14

car travels
If a car travels 340 miles on 20 gallons of gas, how far can it go with 25 gallons?
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Word Problems Unit Rates

12/07/14

danielle wants to paint her daughters room pink. she has been told two different plans :
plan A : use 5 parts white and 2 parts red  plan B : use 4 parts white and 1 part red .   which plan will give her paint that is the least red ? 
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Word Problems

12/07/14

Karen sells large items for $7 and small items for $4. She sold 120 and made $720. How many large items did she sell?
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12/07/14

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A person wants to purchase two types of items, A and B, from a shop. She has $200 to spend and she has to purchase at least 10 items. if the purchase price of one unit of each A and B is $10 and... more
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12/06/14

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A patient is not allowed to have more than 300 milligrams of cholesterol per day from a diet of eggs and meat. Each egg provides 150 milligrams of cholesterol. each ounce of meat provides 100... more
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Word Problems

12/05/14

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The sum of three whole numbers is 7. The second number is 1 more than twice of the third number. The sum of the first and third number is 3 less than the second number. Find all the three numbers.
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12/05/14

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At a college function, a total of 180 tickets were sold. The tickets were priced at $5, $10, and $15, and the money collected that day was $1,900. The sum of the numbers of $5 and $15 tickets sold... more
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Word Problems

12/04/14

a tree 10.5 ft tall cast a shadow 11.5 ft. long. what is the height that cast a shadow 17.5 ft. long
like I really don't know what to do I really need a quick response
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Word Problems

12/04/14

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The sum of three natural numbers is 15. The second number is 1 more than the first number. The sum of the first and third numbers is equal to twice the second number, Find all three numbers.
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Word Problems

12/03/14

what must her grade point average be in order to be unconditionally accepted into her program?
An unconditional acceptance into a graduate program at a university will be given to students.whose GMAT score plus 200 times the undergraduate grade point average is at least 1250. Robins GMAT... more
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Word Problems Math Help

12/03/14

the ratio of length to width in a rectangle is 2:3. find the length of the rectangle when the area is 150 sq. in.
be sure to indicate if a solution is to be rejected based on the contextual situation. 
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Word Problems

12/03/14

Word Problem
The admission fee at a fair is $2 for children and $4 for adults. On a certain day, 2000 people enter the fair and $6000 is collected. How many children and how many adults went to see the fair on... more
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Word Problems

12/03/14

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The perimeter of a rectangular field is 300 meters. This field is to be fenced along three sides only. The fencing along its two lengths and one width is to be done at $50 per meter. If the total... more
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Word Problems Math Help

12/02/14

2 rockets fly from 2 places, 1317 miles apart. 1 flies at a speed of 9000 mph, the other at 21000. What is the distance between them 1 minute before collision?
This is a question from my homework but I am not sure how to do it. Please help.
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Word Problems

12/02/14

what mileage will allow you to stay within your budget
A car rents for $35 per day plus 19cents per mile. You are on a daily budget of $73. What mileage will allow you yo stay within your budget?   The solution is {m|m_> miles the arrow supposed... more
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Word Problems

12/02/14

which celsius temperature is the person considered to have the symptom?
A person is considered to have a certain symptom when his or her temperature is higher than 100.04 Fahrenheit.   The formula F=9/5c+32 can be used to covert Celsius temperatures C to Fahrenheit... more
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12/02/14

by what percentage did the actual cost exceed the initial estimate
A library expansion, begun in 2003 was expected to cost $107million. By 2006, library officials estimate the cost would be $41 million over budget. By what percentage did the actual cost exceed the... more
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12/02/14

Word Problem
A hotel has 150 rooms. A room with additional services costs $80 per night, and one without additional services costs $60 per night. On a night when the hotel is completely occupied, the total... more
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Word Problems

12/01/14

560 people went to theater. youth tkts cost $5.75 and adult tkts cost $8.50. total receipts were $3,907.50. how many youth tickets were sold?
need a system of equations
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Word Problems Algebra 2

12/01/14

how many pounds of each fruit did he sell?
sold 69 pounds of fruit total; 18 more pounds of apples than plums;9 less pounds of peaches than pounds of plums
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12/01/14

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Two packets of apples and one packet of brownies contain 700 calories in all. One packet of apples and four packets of brownies contain 1400 calories in all. Find the caloric content of one packet... more
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Word Problems

11/30/14

how many pounds?
soybean meal is 14% protein, cornmeal is 7% protein.  How many pounds of each should be mixed together in order to get 280-lbs mixture that is 8% protein? How many pounds of the cornmeal should be... more
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Word Problems

11/29/14

Word Problem
The value of a machine depreciates according to the function f(x)=20000(1/2)x squared, where x is the time in years from the ppurchase of the machine. Find its value after 3 years.
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Word Problems

11/29/14

Word Problem
The profit of an organization is calculated by the function P(x)=x squared - 4000x + 780000, where x is the number of units sold.  If the net profit is 3800000, find the number of item sold.
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Word Problems

11/29/14

Word Problem
At a grocery store, the number of customers arriving per hour is shown by the function f(x) = 2 (to the x+1 power). Find the number of customers that arrived in the 6th hour.
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