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    Important information about Several algebra Word problems

    Please see attachment. 82. Driving marathon. Felix drove 800 miles in x hours on Monday. a) Write a rational expression for his average speed. b) On Tuesday he drove for 6 hours at the same average speed. Write a rational expression for his distance on 90. Barn painting. Melanie can paint a certain barn by herself in

    Calculating area of a hill contour

    Please show work. Please see the attachment. A new road is to be cut through a hill, and the contractor responsible for building the road wants to know how much soil will need to be removed. A diagram of the hill and the proposed cutting is given below. A surveyor measures the profile of the hill along the 300m length o

    Finding Positions of Objects

    I am having a hard time with some work, can anyone help me? 1. A business makes two kinds of bikes, model A and model B. Model A requires 2 hours of assembly time and model B requires 3 hours of assembly time. The parts for model A cost $25 per bike; those for model B cost $30 per bike. If company has a total of 34 hours of

    Examples of Working with Quadratic Equations

    Assistance with the attached doc. Give exact and approximate solutions to 3 decimal places Solve by completing the square Find the x-intercepts of The flower garden has the shape of a right triangle 51 feet of perennial border forms the hypotenuses of the triangle, and leg is 21 feet longer than other leg. Find the length

    Application Problem : Buying a Home

    Please see the attached file for the fully formatted problems. Appendix F Buying a Home For most people, buying a house is a great investment that can offer security in an uncertain world, but buying a house is also a commitment. Application Practice 1. Suppose you are in the market for a new home and are interes

    Algebra - Simultaneous Equations

    A sample which is 20% Vendium, 50% Rulium and 30% Gendium weighs 8.8 grams/cc. A sample which is 60% Vendium, 20% Rulium and 20% Gendium weighs 9.8 grams/cc. A sample which is 30% Vendium, 30% Rulium and 40% Gendium weighs 8.8 grams/cc. What is the weight of pure Vendium, in gms/cc

    Mathematics - Algebra - Applications of Quadratic Equations

    (1) A manager of a computer company store bought several computers of the same model for $27,000. When all but five of the computers had been sold at a profit of $900 per computer, the original investment of $27,000 had been regained. How many computers were sold, and what was the selling price of each computer? (2) A corner

    Mathematics - Algebra - Quadratic Equations..

    A group of students agreed to rent a house for $1200 per month. They found one more person to share the house with and the rent decreased by $60 per person a month. How many students ended up renting the house and what did each pay per month?

    Mathematics - Algebra - Graph

    A company determines that if x thousand dollars are spent on advertising a certain product, then S(x) units of the product will be sold, where S(x) = 200x + 1,500 / 0.02x^2 + 5 a) Sketch the graph of S(x). b) Using the graph, how many units will be sold if nothing is spent on advertising? c) Using the graph, how much sho

    Conic Section Identification

    Complete the square, rewrite in standard form and identify the conic section. Do not graph! 1) 4x^2-8x+9y^2+54y-59=0 Completed square: Identify which Conic Section: 2)3y^2+12y+5x=3 Completed square: Identify which Conic Section: 3)y2-2x2+8y-8x-4=0 Completed square: Identify which Conic Section: 4) Find th

    Use Binomial Theorems to Expand Functions

    I am having a hard time with my math work and need help to solve the following problems. 1. Use the Binomial Theorem to expand: (2x − y)^6 2. Find the coefficient a of the given term ax^5 in the expansion of (x - 3)^12.

    Inverse of division

    There is an inverse property for both addition and multiplication. Is there an inverse property for division? If so, what is that property? If not, could you explain to me why not? Thanks

    Undefined expression

    Find any values of the variable for which the rational expression is undefined. ( -6q - 3)/ (q^2 + 25)

    Factoring Quadratics

    #7 Factor 9x^2 + 5x - 4 #8 How is solving a quadratic equation like 6x^2 - x = 15 different from solving a linear equation like 2x + 3 = 7? Solve 6x^2 - x = 15.

    MTH 133, Unit 3

    Please see the attached file for the fully formatted problems. MTH133 Unit 3 - Individual Project Name: 1) Solve the following equations algebraically. You must show all your work. Learn how to type math roots and fractions by clicking on the link in the assignment list. Alternately, you may type as cuberoot(x) a

    Simplifying and solving an example problem

    I often get the following problems mixed up: Simplify 2/x + 6/x and Solve 2/x + 6/x = 4 Discuss as many similarities and differences as you can find between these two problems.