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Lavonne purchased some tickets and snack vouchers for an upcoming event and gave them to the members of her work group. Each member of her work group received the same number of tickets and the same number of snack vouchers. The total number of tickets she gave to her group was 30, and the total number of snack vouchers was 75. Which of the following could be the number of members in Lavonne’s work group?

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The initial speed, in miles per hour, of a certain car that skids to a stop can be estimated by multiplying the length of the skid, in feet, by 35 and then taking the square root of the product. According to this method, what is the estimated initial speed, in miles per hour, of the car when it makes a 108-foot skid?

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If 6y= 5x minus 16y=5x-1, then x equals x= ?

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A boat is traveling at a speed of 30 miles per hour. What is the boat’s speed in feet per second?
(Note: 1 mile =5,280 feet)
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An object is launched vertically at 30 meters per second from a 55-meter-tall platform. The height, h of th(t) meters, of the object t seconds after launch is modeled by h of t = negative 4.9t squared +30t+55h(t)=-4.9t2+30t+55. What will be the height, in meters, of the object 3 seconds after launch?
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The whole numbers 1 through 30 were each written on separate pieces of paper. Those 30 pieces of paper were put into a jar. One piece of paper will be randomly drawn from this jar. What is the probability that this piece of paper will have a prime number written on it?

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For an angle with measure alpha α  in a right triangle, sine of alpha = 5 over 13 sin α = 5 13  and tangent of alpha = 5 over 12 tan α = 5 12 . What is the value of cosine of alpha cos α ?

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Which of the following values, if any, is the y-value of the solution set to the given system of equations?
  • 2x minus y =72x-y=7
  • negative 4x+2y =2-4x+2y=2
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Which of the following expressions is equivalent to (y+7) cubed ( y + 7 ) 3 ?

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The sum of 3 positive integers is 180, and the ratio of the integers is 5 to 3 to 25:3:2. What is the value of the smallest of the integers?

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Which of the following expressions is equivalent to (x squared minus y squared) minus (6x squared +4xy minus y squared)(x2-y2)-(6x2+4xy-y2)?

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Given i= the square root of negative 1i=-1, what is the square root of 9 end root + the square root of negative 169+-16?

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The first 5 terms of an arithmetic sequence are 7, 21, 35, 49, and 63. Let t subscript ntn represent the nthnth term of the sequence. What is the value of t subscript 25t25?

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At a certain time of day, a flagpole casts a 9.0-foot-long shadow and a nearby 4.0-foot-tall fence post casts a 2.4-foot-long shadow. Given that both the flagpole and the fence post are vertical and on level ground, what is the height, in feet, of the flagpole?

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Mathematics figure explained

In rectangle ABCD shown, segments line segment B EBE¯ and line segment CECE¯ partition the rectangle into 3 triangles. Given DE=7DE=7 centimeters, BE=26BE=26 centimeters, and CE=25CE=25 centimeters, what is the length, in centimeters, of line segment BCBC¯?

Rectangle ABCD with point E on line segment AD. See long description for more information

Long Description of Figure 1
Figure 1
The image is a rectangle labeled, clockwise from the top left, A, B, C, D, and E. Line segment DE is labeled 7, line segment BE is labeled 26, and line segment CE is labeled 25.
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The point of view from which the passage is told is best described as that of a:

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The passage as a whole can best be described as an exploration of the:

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The passage most strongly suggests that a useful characteristic of the bowl, in terms of Andrea’s purpose for the object, is the bowl’s:

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In the passage, Andrea is characterized as believing that compared to most tricks used by real estate agents to impress potential buyers, her trick of placing the bowl in a home is:

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According to the passage, the random placement of colors in the bowl’s glaze creates a surface that:

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In the passage, the admiration the bowl receives is directly compared to the admiration received by:

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The passage suggests that one reason prospective home buyers have difficulty sharing their thoughts about the bowl is that they realize:

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The main purpose of the passage is to:

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Question 2 refers to the {highlighted passage text}.

The main point of the highlighted paragraph is that:

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It can reasonably be inferred from the passage that some seventeenth-century tulip growers believed tulip breaks were mainly caused by:

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