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The sum of a number and -16 is 25. Find the number. |
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41 |
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9 |
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-9 |
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Solve the equation 3x + 7 = 5x - 2. |
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A shirt was $60 and is now $53. What is the approximate percent of change? |
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88.33% |
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10% |
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11.67% |
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7% |
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What are the odds of choosing a red marble from a bag that contains 20 red marbles, 15 yellow marbles, and 35 green marbles? |
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4:5 |
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2:5 |
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4:7 |
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2:7 |
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Hamburger costs $1.50 per pound and soy costs $1.00 per pound. The school cafeteria uses 50 more pounds of soy than hamburger and spends $350 a week. How much soy does the school use? |
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120 pounds |
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350 pounds |
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233 pounds |
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170 pounds |
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You leave your house traveling 60 mph. After you have driven 25 miles, your mother leaves the house traveling in the same direction. What speed must your mother travel to catch up to you 5 hours after she leaves? |
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not possible |
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65 mph |
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55 mph |
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60 mph |
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7. |
What ordered pair represents a point 13 units to the left and 2 units above the origin? |
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(13, 2) |
B. |
(-13, 2) |
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(-13, -2) |
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(13, -2) |
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8. |
Graph y = 2x + 5. |
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9. |
If f(x) = 3x + 5, find f(2). |
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11 |
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8 |
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10 |
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2f |
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Write the point-slope form of an equation of the line that passes through
(-2, 5) and has a slope of zero. |
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x = -2 |
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y - 5 = x + 2 |
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y = 5 |
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-2x + 5y = 0 |
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In order to save for a new computer and printer, Joseph has a summer job working at the marina where he earns $8.50 per hour. His weekly earnings are listed in the table below. The computer he wants costs $1575, and the printer costs $225. Joseph has to earn at least how much more money, m, in order to be able to afford the computer and printer? |
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The sum of three times a number and 12 is at least -3 and at most 15. Find the solution set for this number. |
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{x | -5 < x < 1} |
B. |
{x | -5 < x < 1} |
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{x | -5 < x < 1} |
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{x | x < -5 or x > 1} |
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Evaluate a2 - (b + c) if a = 8, b = 17, and c = 21. |
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26 |
B. |
18 |
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34 |
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12 |
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Name the property used in the equation x + 0 = 22. Then solve for x. |
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Additive Identity; x = 22 |
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Multiplicative Identity; x = 1 |
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Multiplicative Inverse; x =  |
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Multiplicative Property of Zero; x = 22 |
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15. |
Solve 4w – x = wy + 10 for w. |
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w = 14 + x – y |
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Graph triangle XYZ, with vertices X(-3, -1), Y(-1, -5), and Z(-5, -5), and its image when reflected over the y-axis. |
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Write the point-slope form of an equation for a horizontal line that passes through (-15, 11). |
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y + 11 = 0 |
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y + 15 = 0 |
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y – 15 = 0 |
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y – 11 = 0 |
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18. |
Solve –4 < -5x – 9 < 11. |
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{x| -4 < x < -1} |
B. |
{x| -1 < x < 1} |
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{x| -1 < x < 4} |
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{x| -4 < x < 1} |
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19. |
Use elimination to solve the system of equations given by 10x – 40y = 60 and 15x + 40y = -10. |
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no solution |
B. |
infinitely many solutions |
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C. |
(2, -1) |
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(-14, -5) |
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Use elimination to solve the system of equations given by 7x + 23y = 12 and 3x + 23y = -8. |
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(5, -1) |
B. |
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infinitely many solutions |
D. |
no solution |
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