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May 27, 2015

# Homework Help: Math

## Recent Math Questions

Math
How do you know if a word problem question is asking for simple interest or compound interest? P.s. I already know the formula and what both of them mean
Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 1:28pm

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I need help with two questions,. they both have attachments. is there another program where someone can come on and help me
Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 12:53pm

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Tiffany is using wooden cubes to make rectangular prisms. if she has exactly 8 wooden cubes, make a model to find the length, width, and height of the two possible rectangular prisms. i don't quite understand the question so can u help me comprehend what it's asking? ...
Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 11:45am

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Find the lateral of the square pyramid if its height is 8m its slant is 22m and its length is 8m.
Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 4:37am

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Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 1:44am

Math
1. At midnight, you are 60 feet due north of Jonas. You run due east at ten feet per second. Jonas walks two feet per second due north. How many seconds after midnight is Jonas closest to you? What is the corresponding minimum distance separating you and Jonas? 2. We need to ...
Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 11:00pm

Math
A playground is shaped like a rectangle with a width 5 times it's length (t). What is the simplified expression for the distance between opposite corners of the playground? a- tsq root 26 b- 5t c- 26t squared d- 6t my answer is d 5t 5t+t =x x=6t
Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 10:13pm

Math
Simplify 6/sq root 3 +2 My answer is 12 - 6 sq root 3
Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 10:06pm

Math
A surfer drives his dune buggy out into the sand dunes.He follows his compass 10 miles due north and then turns due west. If he ends up approximately 35 miles from where he started how far west did he travel? a- 10 miles b- 25 miles c- 33.5 miles d- 35 miles My answer is c 33....
Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 9:55pm

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for f(x)=x^2+3 and g(x)=ãx find (f/g) (x) the domain (f/g)
Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 9:54pm

math
50 feet of fencing is used to create a rectangular fenced-in region. if the length of the region is x, express the width, w, as a function of x
Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 7:59pm

math
Mona has $27.05 in quarters and dimes. There are 152 coins. How many quarters are there? Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 7:49pm Math--MS SUE! I need help with these questions: A survey of 115 children found that 39 liked The Little Mermaid 43 liked 101 Dalmatians 56 liked Mickey Mouse 7 liked The Little Mermaid and 101 Dalmatians 10 liked The Little Mermaid and Mickey Mouse 16 liked 101 Dalmatians and Mickey Mouse 4... Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 7:04pm Math Use Newton’s Method to approximate 3^(√7) to four decimal places. Use x1 = 2 as your seed. Round off intermediate iterates to five decimal place Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 6:53pm math fractions which of the following pairs of numbers contains like fraction Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 3:38pm Math In triangle ABC, points X and Z are on line AB and Y is on line AC such that line XY is parallel to line BC and line ZY is parallel to line XC. If AZ = 8 and ZX = 4, then what is XB? Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 3:31pm MATH I am confused about the following problem. Could someone help me out? In a statistic class, the average score of midterm is 75 and the SD is 8. The average score of final is 65 and the SD is 12. The scatter diagram of the two variables (midterm/final scores) is football ... Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 3:11pm math check determine whether the given vector A in M22 belongs to the span (a1,a2,a3) where a1=[1 -1; 0 3] a2=[1 1; 0 2] a3=[2 2; -1 1] and A=[5 1; -1 9] so I set up an augmented matrix , but im not sure if I set it up correctly. I made a1 a2 and a3 into columns. 1 1 2 | 5 0 0 -1 | -1 -1... Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 2:03pm Math questions 1. Shawn Fitzgerald finds a suitable property and agrees upon a selling price of$137,900. The mortgage company requires a 20% down payment and Shawn chooses to finance the property for 30 years at 8%. What is the total amount of interest charged, rounded to the nearest whole ...
Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 2:03pm

math
A different eight grader has been asked to work at the face painting booth every half hour. Use division to find how many eighth-graders are needed to work at the face painting booth during the fair. Show your work. I don't understand the division part, the way I did it ...
Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 1:44pm

math
110 members of a sports club play at least one of the games, football, basketball and volleyball. If 20 play football and basketball only,15 play football and basketball only, 26 play basketball and volleyball only,x play all the three games, 2x each play only one game, how ...
Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 11:46am

Math
The first term of geometric is 124.the sum of infinity is 64.find the common ratio
Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 8:40am

math
a statistics professor plans class so carefully that the lengths of his classes are uniformly distributed between 45.0 and 55.0 minutes. find the probability that a given class period runs greater than 50.75 minutes? find the probability of selecting a class that runs greater ...
Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 1:32am

Math
A gardener is mowing a 20 by 40 yard rectangular pasture using a rectangular pattern. He mows from one corner of the pasture to the corner diagonally opposite. What is the length of this pass with the mower? Give your answer in simplified ,form. a- 10 sq root 20 b- 20 sq root ...
Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 1:18am

Math
Find the exact value of the sine, cosine, and tangent of the angle 330 degrees. I know the tangent is -(square root 3)/3, but how?
Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 12:42am

math
Two positive integers aer in the ratio 2:5. If the product of the two integers is 40, find the larger integer.
Friday, March 27, 2015 at 11:04pm

math
Some functions that aren't invertible can be made invertible by restricting their domains. For example, the function x^2 is invertible if we restrict x to the interval [0,\inf), or to any subset of that interval. In that case, the inverse function is-\sqrt x. (We could ...
Friday, March 27, 2015 at 10:45pm

math
The function f(x) = cx/2 x+3 satisfies f(f(x))=x for all real numbers x\= -3/2. Find c.
Friday, March 27, 2015 at 10:42pm

math
75 pupils sat for a Science Test. The average score was 58 marks. If the average score of the girls was 62 marks and the average score of the boys was 56 marks, how many boys sat for the test?
Friday, March 27, 2015 at 9:14pm

math
Briana wants to divide 5/8 pound of soil evenly among 4 pots how much soil will be in each pot
Friday, March 27, 2015 at 8:52pm

Math
Tasha is planning an expansion of a square flower garden in a city park. If each side of the original garden is increased by 7m the new total area will be 144m^2. Find the length of each side of the original garden.
Friday, March 27, 2015 at 8:28pm

Math
What is the value of c so that y=x^2+15x+c is a perfect square trinomial?
Friday, March 27, 2015 at 8:22pm

math
the world's largest cube puzzle in Knoxville measures 6 feet on each side. The scale factor between a standard cube puzzle and largest is 1/24. Find the surface area and volume of the standard cube puzzle. Answer is 0.375ft^2/0.015625ft^3 Not sure how they figured it out i...
Friday, March 27, 2015 at 8:18pm

Math
3. A rectangular prism has a width of 92 ft and a volume of 240 ft3. Find the volume of a similar prism with a width of 23 ft. Round to the nearest tenth, if necessary. (1 point) 3.8 ft3 60 ft3 15 ft3 10.4 ft3 Please help me work this out! I'm not sure how to do this
Friday, March 27, 2015 at 7:51pm

math
The model of a new apartment building is 10 in, x 28 in x 18 in. the architect plans for the new building to be 144 times the size of the model. What will the volume and surface area of the new building be when it is completed? 10 x 18 x 28 = 5040 x 144^3 divided by 12 =...
Friday, March 27, 2015 at 7:13pm

Math
If someone could help me with this, I would appreciate it! Thanks! Directions: Determine if these two are inverses of one another. A= [ 1 1 1 3 5 4 0 -1 0] A^-1= [ 4 -1 -1 0 0 -1 -3 1 2]
Friday, March 27, 2015 at 6:38pm

English 3
In which sentence is the word punitive used correctly? A. Mario proposed an ingenious, punitive solution to the math problem. B. Teresa’s report was punitive, and she added to its interest by presenting a brilliant slide show. C. The jury’s verdict awarded the ...
Friday, March 27, 2015 at 5:36pm

math
500 tickets being sold at 2.00 per ticket but you can get 3 tickets for 5.00 if all the tickets are sold at 3 for 5.00 how much money will be earned when all tickets are sold
Friday, March 27, 2015 at 4:08pm

math
the scale listed on the box containing a model ship is 1 inch to 8 feet. which proportion can be used to find the actual length of the ship if the length of the model is 5 feet
Friday, March 27, 2015 at 4:00pm

general
anyopne know any good personal math tutors onine
Friday, March 27, 2015 at 1:42pm

finite math
Sam wants to invest the same amount at the end of every 3 months so that he will have 4000 in 3 years. The account will pay 6% compounded quarterly. How much should he deposit each quarter.
Friday, March 27, 2015 at 1:06pm

math
to the nearest mile,how many miles did the Navajo travel if 1 inch= 4 miles
Friday, March 27, 2015 at 1:04pm

finite math
A young couple saves for a down payment on a house by depositing $100 each month into an annuity that pays a 4.8% annual rate. Find the amount in the annuity at the end of 2 years. Friday, March 27, 2015 at 1:03pm Math Help!!! identify the sequence as arithmetic, geometric, or neither. explain your answer. 1.6 , 0.8 , 0.4 , 0.2 .... Friday, March 27, 2015 at 12:51pm math Sam is flying a kite. The length of the kite string is 80 meters, and it makes an angle of 75° with the ground. The height of the kite from the ground is... A.20.27 B.61 C.77.27 Friday, March 27, 2015 at 12:30pm Math Help!!! use the function rule f(X) =3x-2 find the output f(1.5). 2.5 -2.5 6.5 - 6.5 Friday, March 27, 2015 at 12:03pm Math Use Newton’s Method to approximate 3^(√7) to four decimal places. Use x1 = 2 as your seed. Round off intermediate iterates to five decimal places Friday, March 27, 2015 at 11:39am Math Andrew has a combination of 8 quarters, dimes and nickels that add up to a value of 95 cents. How many of each coin does Andrew have? Friday, March 27, 2015 at 10:50am math Why Was the Engineer Driving the Train Backwards? Friday, March 27, 2015 at 9:49am math/stats A sample of 50 items is selected to determine whether or not to accept the hypothesis that a population means differs from a value of 20. The sample mean and standard deviation are 18 and 7, respectively. The null hypothesis is not rejected, which of the following is a ... Friday, March 27, 2015 at 9:20am math/stats Which of the following statements are true? (A) In a two-tail test of hypothesis for a population mean the decision rule is to reject H0 if the test statistic lies outside of the action limits. (B) A statistical test of hypothesis is performed under the assumption that the ... Friday, March 27, 2015 at 9:19am math The drama club needs to make 30 costumes for the school play. Each costume uses 3 3/4 yards of material. If a bolt of material contains 20 yards and if the fabric store sells material only in full bolts,how many bolts should the drama club buy? Friday, March 27, 2015 at 8:45am math The coordinates of (triangle) ABC are A(-3,-1 ) , B( 5,1 ) and C (2,4) (i) Calculate the length of AB , BC and AC (ii) Hence, show that (triangle) is a right- angled triangle Friday, March 27, 2015 at 3:08am math A class survey in a large class for first-year college students asked, “About how many minutes do you study on a typical weeknight?” The mean response of the 463 students was = 118 minutes. Suppose that we know that the study time follows a Normal distribution with ... Friday, March 27, 2015 at 12:29am Math a cylinder with base area 24π cm2 and height 16 cm Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 11:50pm Math Venn Diagram I need help with these questions: A survey of 115 children found that 39 liked The Little Mermaid 43 liked 101 Dalmatians 56 liked Mickey Mouse 7 liked The Little Mermaid and 101 Dalmatians 10 liked The Little Mermaid and Mickey Mouse 16 liked 101 Dalmatians and Mickey Mouse 4... Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 11:08pm Math-Lit 143 Suppose you buy a two-year CD for$50,000 from First Command Bank. Use the APY from the First Command Bank table to determine how much interest it earns for you at maturity.
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 11:06pm

Math
A building has 2 floors. Each floor has 4 rooms. Each room has 6 tables. Each table has 5 typewriters. How many typewriters would have to be taken off each table so that the number of typewriters on the tables on one floor would be the same as the number of tables in the ...
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 10:54pm

Math
A wheel turns 9times per minute its diameter is1.2 at what speed must I run to stay on top
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 10:46pm

Math
a cylinder with base area 24π cm2 and height 16 cm
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 10:32pm

Math
Sarah was trying to figure out her grades for her math course. She only knew the grade of 4 of the tests she had taken, however the class had taken 5 tests total. She scored a 94, 67, 83, and 93. If Sarah ended up with a grade of 90, what did she get on the 5th and final test...
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 10:22pm

Math
Jane will receive 18% less of her regular pay when she retires. Her regular pay is $500 per week. a How much would she receive per week if she retires today? answer: 500/18% = 90 500-90=$410 b. Explain how you can make this same calculation using 100%-18%=82% answer: same as ...
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 10:15pm

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At a lumber company, shelves are sold in 3 types of wood, 2 different widths and 5 different lengths. How many different types of shelves could be ordered?
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 10:13pm

math
You build an architectural model of a new office complex using a scale factor of 75. Suppose you wanted to fill both the scale model office complex and the actual office complex with marbles. How many times the number of marbles required for the model would be required for the...
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 10:12pm

Math
If a wheel turns 9 revolutions per minute and its circumference is 3.77 what speed must a mouse run to stay on top
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 10:11pm

Math
Kelly has 40 hours of work to do on her fair project . she has 5 weeks to complete it on time?
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 9:33pm

math
The area of a circle is given by the formula A = ðr2, where r is the radius. If increasing the radius of a circle by 1 inch gives the resulting circle an area of 100ð square inches, what is the radius of the original circle?
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 9:12pm

Math 115
A manufacture has been selling 1400 television sets a week at $480 each. A market survey indicates that for each$24 rebate offered to a buyer, the number of sets sold will increase by 240 per week. a) Find the price p(x) of each television as a function of x, where x is the ...
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 9:11pm

Math 115
The manager of a large apartment complex knows from experience that 90 units will be occupied if the rent is 444 dollars per month. A market survey suggests that, on the average, one additional unit will remain vacant for each 6 dollar increase in rent. Similarly, one ...
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 9:10pm

Math 115
A fence is to be built to enclose a rectangular area of 320 square feet. The fence along three sides is to be made of material that costs 6 dollars per foot, and the material for the fourth side costs 14 dollars per foot. Find the dimensions of the enclosure that is most ...
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 9:09pm

Math 115
The revenue from selling q items is R(q)=475q−q2, and the total cost is C(q)=175+6q. Write a function that gives the total profit earned, and find the quantity which maximizes the profit.
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 9:07pm

Math
Ricky needs 3 1/4 cups of sugar to make candy. He already has 2 1/2 cups. How many more cups of sugar does he need? Do you add for this question or subtract? That's all that I need to know.
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 9:06pm

chemistry
What is the theoretical yield of H[2]O (in grams) if 8.3 mol H[2]S were consumed in the above reaction? If 137.1g of water was actually collected after the reaction, what is the percent yield? I have no idea to do this problem. I am not good in math at all and currently taking...
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 9:03pm

math
The function f(x) = cx/2x+3 satisfies f(f(x))=x for all real numbers x\= -3/2. Find c.
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 8:53pm

math
Suppose h(x)=1/\sqrt x for x>0. Does h have an inverse? If so, find h^-1(4).
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 8:48pm

math
[2/3 -1/3] times 5/8
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 8:34pm

Math
Convert 22 miles to yards. Use a proportion to solve. Show your work. Where do I start with this problem?
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 8:18pm

math
A box contained some red, blue, and green markers. For every 5 red markers, there were 2 blue markers. For every 3 blue markers, there were 5 green markers. a. Find the ratio of red markers to blue markers to green markers. b. When 6 red markers were removed from the box,3/7 ...
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 8:12pm

math
Don't laugh at me lol...it says Jamal is 5 feet tall. One sunny morning he notices that he casts a shadow that is 2 feet long. If the school building casts a shadow that is 7 feet long at the same time, what is the height of the building?
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 8:06pm

Math
A set of trading cards sells for $12.00. After sales tax, it costs$12.60. what is the sales tax rate? Do I divide to get this answer? Please help.
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 8:01pm

Choose all statements that are not true. a 20% of 20 is 4 b 30% of 30 is 9 c 40% of 50 is 15 d 50% of 110 is 60 e 60% of 60 is 360 The answer I choose is all of them. Is this correct.
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 7:55pm

Math
Choose all statements that are true? a 15% of 15 is 1 b 5% of 50 is 10 c 10% of 100 is 10 d 2% of 100 is 5 e 3 % of 200 is 6 I picked a, c and e.
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 7:45pm

Math
Choose all measurements that are equivalent to 45 meters. a 450 centimeters b 4500 centimeters c 0.045 kilometer d 0.45 kilometer e 4500 millimeters I pick b, d, e is this correct.
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 7:39pm

Math
A printing company makes plastic banners 15 feet long by 6 feet wide. An overseas customer wants to know about how many square meters the banner is. Use 1 foot = 0.305 meter. a 8.37 square meters b 27.5 square meter c 90.0 square meter d 900 square meter Is c the correct answer?
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 7:35pm

Math
Which is the best buy? a $19.25 for 11 candy bars b$15.39 for 9 candy bars c $17.30 for 10 candy bars d$22.62 for 13 candy bars I chose b.
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 7:27pm

Math
What ratio is equivalent to 3/20? a 5 to 100 b 100 to 5 c 140 to 21 d 21 to 140 I picked d is this correct?
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 7:22pm

Find the value of 'n' to make each statement true. 1. 22 times n is between 80 and 85
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 7:16pm

math
if a 3-foot -tall child casts a shadow that is 2 feet long, how tall is a telephone pole that casts a shadow that is 40 feet long?
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 7:14pm

Math
Manyatta Village is 74 km North West of Nyangata Village. Chamwe village is 42 km west of Nyangata. find the bearing of Chamwe from Manyatta
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 7:08pm

Find the value of 'n' to make each statment true. 1.22 x n is between 80 and 85
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 6:59pm

Can you check these, please? Ten cards numbered 1 through 10 are mixed together and then one card is drawn. Find the probability of each event. Write each answer as a fraction, percent, and decimal. 14. P(less than 5) = 4/10 = 2/5 Ans: 2/5, 40%, 0.4 15. P(greater than 3) = 7/...
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 6:42pm

math
A model rocket is shot straight up into the air. The table shows its height, h(t), at time t. Graph the table below and determine a function, in standard form, that estimates the height of the rocket at any given time. Time(s) Height (m) 0 0.0 1 25.1 2 40.4 3 45.9 4 41.6 5 27....
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 6:12pm

math
1 3 − x 4 = 7 12 find x
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 6:01pm

Math
Shonetta Woods has a limited payment insurance policy with an annual premium of $1,125.00 until age 65. She pays the premium quarterly at an increased rate of 26.2 percent per quarter. How much money can Shonetta save in one year by paying the premium annually? Is it$54.00?
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 5:54pm

Math
Fidel Baez has a health insurance plan with a $150.00 deductible. The plan covers 80 percent of his hospital charges. Fidel's recent health care costs include$300.00 in co-payments and a hospital bill of $2,300.00. What amount did he pay? Is it$910.00?
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 5:53pm

Math
amy said there are three cubic feet in a cubic yard explain why amy is incorrect
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 5:51pm

math
For what values of k does the line y= x + k pass through the circle defined by x^2 + y^2 = 25 at: 2 points? 1 point? 0 points? I found the discriminant: 100- 4k^2 but i dont know how to find for each of the points
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 5:23pm

math