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    Solve: Simplifying Expressions

    Simplify the following. Make sure to show all the steps involved. Expression: (3t^2 - 8t +3) + (-5t^2 + 4) - (t^2 + 5t - 3)

    Algebra Word Problems

    The payment sugar beet growers receive is based on the sucrose content of their delivered beets. A sample is taken from each load of beets and the sugar content in the beets is determined by polarimetry of the beet extract. In a typical situation 50 grams of pulverized beet tissue is homogenized with 360 mL of dilute aluminum

    Simplifying Expressions

    Simplify the radical using the quotient rule for radicals. See attached file for full problem description.

    Conservation: Estimating the Size of a Bear Population

    Question: To estimate the size of the bear population on the Keweenaw Peninsula, conservationists captured, tagged, and released 50 bears. One year later a random sample of 100 bears included only 2 tagged bears. What is the conservationist's estimate of the size of the bear population?

    Simplifying Expressions

    Find the LCD for the rational expression, and convert to an equivalent rational expression with the LCD as the denominator. See attached file for full problem description.

    Matrix Algebra with Regression Estimation

    Consider the linear regression model Yi = BXi+ Ui where B= Beta i = 1,2 .....5 Xi = 2i Yi = [1 2 3 3 4 ] ' (i.e a 5x1 vector) and Sigma ^2 = 1 Compute the OLS Estimate of B . Can you work it out slowly, step by step, as I am having a hard time doing the problems in the book, and need a sample to look back at.

    Greatest Common Factors (GCF) Word Problem

    Happy Hector and Party Paul are each having a catered party at Fun Factory. Hector's party is in the hall and Paul's party is on the Patio. The catering manager of Fun Factory explained the rules to Hector and Paul. Both Hector's party in the Hall and Paul's party on the Patio must have the same size table, that is, for example,

    Solving quadratic equations,,

    I am trying to figure the steps with this problem since there is a negative adjacent the square root x-3-radical sign x-1=0 also x + 7/x=8 Need to know the next steps

    Solving Inequalities Word Problems

    How do you solve the inequality (x + 1)(x - 6) < 0, and express the solution using interval notation. If an object is shot upward with an initial velocity of 240 feet per second so that its height s (in feet) above the ground after t seconds is given by s = -16t2 + 240t. For what values of t will the object be at least 416 f