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   | Ratios | 2001-02-20 | 
  |  | Louise pose la question : there are 3 people and they decide to share their tips (working in a restaurant) ann gets £180 tony £130 peter £90 total amount is £36 what share should they get.
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   | Expanding determinants using minors | 2001-02-20 | 
  |  | A student pose la question : Question:
 1) Determinants by expansion by minors.
  i) | 1 2 1 2 1 |
 | 1 0 0 1 0 |
 | 0 1 1 0 1 |
 | 1 1 2 2 1 |
 | 0 1 1 0 2 |
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   | A remainder of 1 | 2001-02-20 | 
  |  | A student pose la question : what is the smallest positive integer which has a remainder of one when divided by 2,3,4,5 and 6
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   | A pole next to a building | 2001-02-20 | 
  |  | Robert L. Haun pose la question : A pole 100 feet tall is erected next to a building 10' X 10' X 10' . Object is to cut off the pole so the upper end remains touching the part cut off, while the cut-off portion touches the cutoff point, the edge of the building and the ground. Note assume the pole is touching the building and is "very thin" What is/are the cutoff points?
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   | Cubic feet | 2001-02-20 | 
  |  | Frances pose la question : I'm trying to calculate cubic feet from the dimensions of a machine given in inches.
  Width = 32"Height = 79.5"
 Length = 91.5"
 Weight = 3920 lbs
  Please help? Obviously I've been away from school too long!!   Penny Nom lui répond.
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   | Un lièvre et un chien | 2001-02-20 | 
  |  | Ganay Alain pose la question : Un lièvre à 9 sauts d'avance sur un chien. 7 sauts du chien égalent 11 sauts de lièvre. Quand le chien fait 4 sauts , le lièvre en fait 6. En combien de sauts le chien prend-il le lièvre?
 Claude Tardif lui répond.
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   | Law of cosines | 2001-02-20 | 
  |  | Emily pose la question : I missed a few days of class and I can't figure out how to solve Law of Cosines problems. I have the notes and formulas but I can't figure out how to do the math involved to answer the problems. I am also getting confused about how to use degrees and seconds in the Law of Sine and Cosine. I can't seem to get the correct answers and I don't really know how to solve them and enter them into my TI 86.
 Harley Weston lui répond.
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   | Difference of squares | 2001-02-20 | 
  |  | Janna pose la question : Hi! I was just wondering how you would factor x2 - 9y2.
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   | Delivering firwood | 2001-02-20 | 
  |  | Jackie pose la question : Two college students earn extra money on weekends by delivering firwood in thier pickup truck. They have found that they can sell x cords per weekend at a price of p dollars per cord, where x=75-3/5 p. The students buy the firewood from a supplier who charges them C dollars for x cords to the equation C=500+15 x+1/5 x2.
 
 a) find a function f such that P=f(p), where P dollars is the profit per weekend for the students if they charge p dollars per cord.
 
 b)find the profit P dollars if p=$95
 Penny Nom lui répond.
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   | g(g+5)=0 | 2001-02-20 | 
  |  | Jenna pose la question : g(g + 5) = 0
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   | The area of platts | 2001-02-20 | 
  |  | Steve pose la question : I have to calculate the areas of different "platts" of land from a map, and the only thing I have are the four side measures. There are some cases where no sides are parallel, no lengths the same, and no angles are given, and I was wondering how to calculate the area of such figures. I've attached a rough sketch of a typical platt's shape.
 Walter Whiteley lui répond.
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   | Dividing polynomials | 2001-02-19 | 
  |  | Janna pose la question : I have two questions involving dividing polynomials by polynomials.
 Here's the first one:  Two factors of 12a4 -39a2 + 8a - 8a3 + 12 are a - 2 and 2a + 1. Find the other factors.   The other question I'm stuck on is:   When 10x3 + mx2 - x + 10 is divided by 5x-3, the quotient is 2x2 + nx - 2 and the remainder is 4. Find the values of m and n. Penny Nom lui répond.
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   | Adding functions | 2001-02-19 | 
  |  | Jackie pose la question : f(x) = x2 + 1; g(x) = x2 - 1
  finda) ((f+g) of h)) (x)
 b) ((f-g) of h)) (x)
 c) ((f of h) - (g of h)) (x)
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   | Working on commission | 2001-02-17 | 
  |  | Jay pose la question : Ron the realtor is offered a job directly out of real-estate school.  He has a choice as to which way he will receive his salary the first year.
 
 Salary Plan 1: He would receive a base pay of $2000 per month plus a 3% commission on each sale.
 
 Salary Plan 2: No base pay but a 6% commission on each sale.
 
 Write an equation to determine when it would be better to switch from the first plan to the second plan.  Give a one- or two-sentence answer that includes Ron`s sales in a month.  Round to the nearest dollar, if necessary.
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   | Some fractions | 2001-02-17 | 
  |  | Lady Bird pose la question : Mr. Bob has 3/4 of a bottle of medicine left.  He takes the medicine three  times a day. Each dose is 1/16 of the bottle.  How many days will it take for  Mr. Bob to finish the bottle?
  My friend gave me a problem to solve and it is so hard.  Can you help me  solve it? Here it is: If g- 4.8 = 9.66  and e-1/3 = 1/8, what is the sum of g and e?   Mariko's mother used ribbon to wrap 3 birthday gifts.  She had 3 ribbons and  each was 72 inches long.  She used 8/9 of the first ribbon, 2/3 of the second  ribbon, and 5/6 of the the third ribbon.  How many feet did she use?  Leeanne Boehm and Penny Nom lui répond.
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