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Evaluate  if a = 6. |
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24 |
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12 |
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8 |
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4 |
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Three times the greater of two consecutive odd integers is five less than four times the smaller. Find the two numbers. |
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15, 17 |
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11, 13 |
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8, 9 |
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8, 10 |
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What are the odds of not selecting a black ace from a standard deck of 52 cards? |
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25:26 |
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1:25 |
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26:1 |
D. |
25:1 |
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Write the point-slope form of an equation of the line that passes through (4, -3) and (2, 1). |
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5. |
Solve -3x - 5 > 22. |
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{x | x > -9} |
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{x | x < -81} |
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{x | x < -9} |
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Use the quadratic formula to solve 3y2 + 2 = 8y. Approximate the solutions to the nearest hundredth. |
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0.56, 4.77 |
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0.43, 2.87 |
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0.28, 2.39 |
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-0.64, 1.32 |
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Twyla puts $1000 in a savings account that pays 4% interest, compounded monthly. How much money will be in the account 3 years later if she makes no more deposits? |
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$1010.03 |
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$1120.00 |
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$1127.27 |
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$1124.86 |
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8. |
Simplify  . |
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9. |
Find an expression for the perimeter of the rectangle. |
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10. |
Find  . |
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A. |
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D. |
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11. |
Simplify  . |
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A. |
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D. |
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12. |
Simplify  . |
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B. |
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The distance between the points with coordinates (-8, 4) and (1, a) is 15 units. Find the value of a. |
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-8 |
B. |
8 |
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8 or 16 |
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-8 or 16 |
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14. |
Evaluate 5(11 + 22 - 10) – 19. |
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44 |
B. |
106 |
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C. |
6 |
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66 |
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A bag contains 10 blue marbles, 7 white marbles, 6 red marbles, and 2 green marbles. What is the probability of randomly selecting a blue marble? |
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Which relationship would most likely have no correlation? |
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The number of miles driven, and the number of gallons of gas in the car. |
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A person's age, and the address of the person. |
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A person's height and the person's shoe size. |
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The number of pizzas ordered, and the total price of the bill. |
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17. |
Write a polynomial to represent the area of a square with a side x minus the area of a triangle with a base 2x and a height of 5. |
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x2 – 5x |
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x2 – 2x + 5 |
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x2 – 10x |
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4x |
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18. |
A cafeteria has two meal plans. One requires the worker to pay $20 for the card, and $1 each time x she uses it. The other plan requires the worker to pay $30 for the card, but only $0.50 each time x she uses it. After how many uses will the workers with different plans have spent the same amount of money? |
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5 uses |
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It will never happen. |
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10 uses |
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20 uses |
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19. |
Simplify  . |
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9 |
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20. |
Cynthia has earned 81 total points on quizzes, and she has averaged a  on them. How many quizzes has she taken? |
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6 |
B. |
7 |
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5 |
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3 |
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