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Jai Ganesh

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Re: Compute the solution:

Hi bobbym,

The solution 327 is correct! Brilliant!

328. A piece of cloth costs $200. If the piece was 5 meters longer and each meter of the cloth costs $2 less, the cost of the piece would have remained unchanged. How long is the piece and what is the original rate per meter?

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Re: Compute the solution:

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Jai Ganesh

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Re: Compute the solution:

Hi bobbym,

The solution 328 is correct! Wonderful!

329. If the coordinates of the midpoints of the sides of a triangle are (1,2), (0,-1), and (2,-1),  find the coordinates of its vertices.

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Re: Compute the solution:

Hi;

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Jai Ganesh

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Re: Compute the solution:

Hi bobbym,

330. Solid cylinder of brass 8 meter high  and 4 meter diameter is melted and recast into a cone of diameter 3 meters. Fnd the height of the cone.

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Re: Compute the solution:

Hi;

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Jai Ganesh

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Re: Compute the solution:

Hi bobbym,

The solution 330 is correct! Excellent, bobbym!

331. Fpnd other zeroes of the polynomial

.

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Re: Compute the solution:

Hi;

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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Re: Compute the solution:

Hi zetafunc and bobbym,

The solutions of 330 are correct! Excellent,, zetafunc and bobbym!

331. One-fourth of a herd of camels was seen in the forest. Twice the square root of the herd had gone to mountains and the remaining 15 camels were seen in the bank of a river. Find the total number of camels.

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Re: Compute the solution:

Hi;

---

In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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Re: Compute the solution:

Hi zetafunc and bobbym,

The solution 331 is correct! Keep it up, zetafunc and bobbym!

332. Show that the points

are the vertices of an equilateral triangle, Also, find its area.

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Re: Compute the solution:

Hi;

---

In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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Re: Compute the solution:

Hi bobbym,

The solution 332 (both parts) is correct! Brilliant!

333. 2.2 cubic decameters of brass is to be drawn into a cylindrical wire 0.50 centimeter in diameter. Find the length of the wire.

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

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Re: Compute the solution:

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334. Find the difference between Compound Interest and Simple Interest on $8000 at 12% per annum for 3 years compounded annually.

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Re: Compute the solution:

Hi;

---

In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Jai Ganesh

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Re: Compute the solution:

Hi bobbym,

The solution 334 is perfect! (Simple Interest = $2880 and Compond Interest = $3239)  Excellent, bobbym!

335. If

are the roots of the equation

, form the equation whose roots are

.

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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Re: Compute the solution:

Hi;

---

In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Jai Ganesh

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Re: Compute the solution:

Hi bobbym,

The solution 335 (three parts) are correct! Stupendous, bobbym!

336. In a flight of 600 kilometers, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average speed for the trip was reduced by 200 kilometers per hour and the time of flight increased by 30 minutes.  Find the duration of flight.

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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Re: Compute the solution:

Hi;

---

In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Jai Ganesh

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Re: Compute the solution:

Hi bobbym,

337. Solve for x:

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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Re: Compute the solution:

Hi;

---

In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Jai Ganesh

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Re: Compute the solution:

Hi bobbym,

The slutions 337 (two solutions) are correct! Brilliant!

338.

has (x + 2) as a factor and leaves a remaonder 4 when divded by (x - 2). Find the values of 'a' and 'b'.

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: Compute the solution:

Hi;

---

In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.