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    Renting a Condo

    A Condo is renting at $1,100 per month. I have two options, if I sign up for 12 month, I get 1 month free offer. Or I can use the money from that 1 month and spread it throughout the 12 month. My question is, if I would to go ahead and use that free month ($1100) and spread it to 12 month, what would my newly adjusted monthly re

    Solving various algebraic equation problems

    1. Find the value of x, 52 degrees, 137 degrees 2. find the x- intercept and y- intercept of the line given by the equation 9x - 5y = 13 3. find the points line 1- 3x + 13y = 12 line 2- 3x + 5y = 12

    Population Growth.

    Pick a country of your choice that is experiencing population growth. Using the Library, web resources, and/or other materials to find the most recent population count of the country you have chosen and the population growth rate of that country. Use that growth rate to approximate the population in the year 2015. Please show th

    2-4 Paragraphs.... Research Solve equations with radicals and exponents

    Part 1: Using the Library, web resources, and/or other materials, find the gas mileage of your dream car or any car of your choice. Let x be the number of miles driven on 60 gallons of gas. By setting up and solving a proportion involving x, find the value of x for the car that you have chosen. State the type of car, the mile

    Computing elasticity of demand

    Question 1. The demand equation for a certain brand of metal alloy audio cassette tape is: 100 x^2 + 9 p^2 = 3600, where x represents the number (in thousands) of ten-packs demanded each week when the unit price is $p. How fast is the quantity demanded increasing when the unit price per ten-pack is $14 and the selling price is d

    Word problem

    The population of a colony of mosquitoes obeys the law of uninhibited growth. If there are 1000 mosquitoes initially and there are 1600 after 1 day, what is the size of the colony after 4 days? How long is there until there are 20,000 mosquitoes? What is the size of the colony after 4 days? Approximately ___mosquitoes. (Do no

    Word problem

    The population of a colony of mosquitoes obeys the law of uninhibited growth. If there are 1000 mosquitoes initially and there are 1500 after 1 day, what is the size of the colony after 2 days? How long is there until there are 30,000 mosquitoes? What is the size of the colony after 2 days? Approximately ___mosquitoes. (Do no

    Problems involving graphing a line

    Question #6 / 24 Graph the line. We use the table x y -3 4.00 -2 4.33 -1 4.67 0 5.00 1 5.33 2 5.67 3 6.00 4 6.33 5 6.67 6 7.00 The graph is given by Question #7 / 24 Graph the line. We use the table x y -3 -2.75 -2 -2.50 -1 -2.25 0 -2.00 1 -1.75 2 -1.50 3 -1.25 4 -1.00 5 -0.75 6 -0.50

    Sum of Terms of Arithmetic Sequence

    Find SUM_(k=10)^15 tk for an arithmetic sequence with 10th term being -10 and 20th term being 15, where tk represents the kth term of this arithmetic sequence.

    Solve the system of equations by graphing

    1. Determine whether the given ordered pair is a solution of the equation. (-5,1); 2p - 3q = -13 2. For the equation, find the intercepts, Then use the intercepts to graph the equation. 4x - 3y = 12 3. Find the slope of a treadmill. 0.4ft by 5ft 4. Find an equation of the line containing the given poi

    Equation Model and Compount Interest Formula

    1. Given the equation model F(x) = 62 + 35 log(x) - 4 where x represents a girl's age from 5 to 15 years. F(x) represents the percentage of adult height. Determine approximately what percentage of her adult height would the girl be at age 13? 2. Use the compound interest formula A = p(1+r/n)^(nt) to solv

    Area of the Segment of a Circle

    Find the area of the segment of a circle with radius of 6 cm bounded by a 132 degree arc. The area of the segment can be found by first finding the area of the sector of the circle and then finding the area of triangle APB and subtracting the two.

    Two types of strictly increasing sequences of ordinals

    I need help on the following problem (from Notes on Set Theory -Yiannis Moschovakis): [Let me know if you have a question on notation; I have a pdf file of this book] Give examples of strictly increasing sequences of ordinals such that ,

    Volume of the Box - Types of Equations

    .Solve the problem. A yardstick measures 0.5 by 2 by 36 inches. How many yardsticks will fit in a box 3 inches wide and 36 inches high, if the length of the box is 14 inches? 2. Gerard wants to replace his from door with a solid wood door. The solid wood door will be shaped like a rectangular solid and will measure 78 1/2 in

    Length of a Rectangle

    Suppose that the width of a rectangle is 5 inches shorter than the length and that the perimeter of the rectangle is 50 inches. The formula for the perimeter of a rectangle is P=2L+2W. a) Set up an equation for the perimeter involving only L, the length of the rectangle. Answer: b) Solve this equation algebraically to fin

    Algebra

    Lets say Costco price club claims that they sell a 6 pack of Coors Beer at the wholesale price plus an additional 5% off. But with Costco, you also have to pay a yearly membership fee of $60 just to have the privilege of shopping there. The wholesale price of Coors at Costco is $3.50 a six pack. The 5% discount is taken at th

    Type an ordered pair, Use integers or fractions

    1)Trains a and B are traveling in the same direction on parallel tracks. Train A is traveling @ 100 miles per hour and train B is traveling @ 120 miles per hour. Train A passes a station @ 1:20pm. If train B passes the same station @ 1:32pm, at what time will train B catch up to train A? when will train B catch up with train A?

    Vectors Set Equations

    Suppose we want to find out whether the set of vectors { v1, v2, v3 } is linearly independent or dependent. 1. Write the vector equation to be solved. 2. Write the vector equation as a linear system. 3. Write the augmented matrix of the linear system.

    find the vertex

    1. Without graphing, find the vertex. Show your work F(x) = 5(x+1/4)^2+19 2. Without graphing, find the line of symmetry. Show your work F(x) = 7(x - 9)^2 - 2 3. Without graphing, find the minimum value. Show your work F (x) = (x + 2)^2 - 8 4. Find the x- and y-intercepts. If no x-intercepts exist, state so. Show yo

    Calculate Miles Per Gallon

    You can buy one of the following cars. You want to base your decision on which car gets the best gas mileage. Calculate the mile per gallon rate for each of the following cars and tell which one gets the best gas mileage. Show all work. Car A can travel 290 miles on 12 gallons of gas Car B can travel 420 m

    Library Research

    Library Research Assignment Pick a country of your choice that is experiencing population growth. Using the Library, web resources, and/or other materials to find the most recent population count of the country you have chosen and the population growth rate of that country. Use that growth rate to approximate the population i

    slope-intercept form.

    1.Find an equation of the line containing the given pair of points. Write your final answer in slope-intercept form.Please explain your work (3, -4) and (6, -11) 2.Graph the line with slope -4/3 that passes through the point (1, 4)Please explain your work

    slope-intercept form equation

    1.Find an equation of the line having the specified slope and containing the indicated point. Write your answer in slope-intercept form. Please show your work. M=1.5; (7,-2) 2. Solve this problem. A gas station sells 4820 gallons of regular unleaded gasoline on a day when they charge $1.35 per gallon, and they sell 3930

    Functions and Their Graphs

    Find the most recent population count of the country South America and the population growth rate of that country. Use that growth rate to approximate the population in the year 2015. Write a paragraph about how you might use this information in a role as a politician, government administrator or business owner/operator. What w

    Population

    Pick a country of your choice that is experiencing population growth. Using the Library, web resources, and/or other materials to find the most recent population count of the country you have chosen and the population growth rate of that country. Use that growth rate to approximate the population in the year 2015. Solve the prob

    distributive property.

    1. Could you share a few specific mathematical examples to demonstrate For instance, if I said an important concept of distributive property for the following example is? Example 4(x+2) = 4x + 8 2. When we square a product, we square each factor in the product. For example (4b) 2= 16b2. Explain why we cannot squar

    Monotone Sequence: Cluster Points Example Question

    I need to prove the following; Prove that a monotone sequence can have at most one cluster point. Definition: A real number if x is called a cluster point of the sequence provided some subsequence of the sequence converges to x. Thanks!

    Newton's Law of Cooling explained

    Background: In the beginning of the year, we discussed qualitative graphs and independent/dependent variables. One of the situations we graphed was the temperature of some food taken out of the oven while we waited for it to cool enough to put into the refrigerator. This situation can actually be modeled with an exponential e

    total number of games

    Cindy organized a checker tournament for her class. Each player was to play one game against every other player. Eight students signed up to play. How many games did Cindy need to schedule? Show the strategy you would use and your answer.