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That's funny right there.      

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Solve the quadratic equation using the square root property. 25=(x+8)^2  

Definition from online:  "the square root property states that if we have an equation with a perfect square on one side and a number on the other side, then we can take the square root of both sides and add a plus or minus sign to the side with the number and solve the equation"   

                                                                                 25  =  (x + 8)²    

Take the square root of both sides                             5  =  x + 8     

Add a plus or minus side to the number                   +5  =  x + 8    

Subtract 8 from both sides                                         x  =  (–3, –13)    

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Our badminton team has finished 75% of its season.  So far, we have won 20% of the games we played.  What percent of the remainder of our games must we win in order to finish the season with the same number of wins as losses?  

You've played 75% of the season.  So, you've played   

75% of the total number of games in the whole season.   

You've won 20% of 75% of the total number of games    

in the season.  That means you've won 15% of the total    

number of games in the season.  

To achieve that 50% winning season, you will need to win   

another 35% of the total number of games in the season.  

However, since there's only 25% of the season left, then   

there are only 25% of the total number of games in the  

season left to play.  There are not enough games left.    

It's impossible to achieve your 50% winning season.    

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>>> maybe I'll have to start adding 'TB' to the end of my guest posts <<<   

If you really are the banned poster managing to gain access through a guest account, you'd be well-advised to squelch any urges to resume the type of activity that got you banned in the first place.  The administrators can identify, and block, the IPA you post from.  If you are really the TB you imply that you are, then from now on. please make only "some actual contributions to this forum" and don't engage in feuds and bickering.  For what it's worth, my opinion is that you weren't the worst offender ... I would have issued an official warning to you, first.  Or maybe they did, and you didn't heed it.  

In a store window, there was a box of berries having a total weight of 200 kg.  The berries were 99% water, by weight.  After two days in the sun, the water content of the berries was only 90%, by weight.  What was the total weight of the berries after two days, in kg?  

You're starting with 200 kg of berries, and 99% of that is water.  

Since they're 99% water, that means that there's 1% of solid stuff.  

1% of 200 kg means that there are 2 kg of solid stuff.   

Some of the water evaporates in the sun, but the solid stuff doesn't.  

So, after the evaporation, there still remains the same 2 kg of solid stuff.  

Since the new water content is 90%, that means that now the solid stuff is 10%.  

So 2 kg (the solid stuff) is 10% of the total weight.  

That means the new total weight is 20 kg.  

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Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?  

Si, Señor ..... Domingo, Lunes, Martes   

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If I give my brother 5 dollars, then we will have the same amount of money. If instead he gives me 25 dollars, then I'll have twice as much money as he will have. How much money does my brother currently have (in dollars)?  

Let M stand for My original amount  

Let B stand for Brother's original amount   

                                                             (M – 5)  =  (B + 5)   

                                                             (M + 25)  =  (2)(B – 25)  

                                                              M – 5  =  B + 5      

                                                                    M  =  B + 10             (1)  

                                                              M + 25  =  2B – 50          (2)  

Substitute the value of M from (1)   

into the equation (2)                             B + 10 + 25  =  2B – 50   

Combine like terms                                          85  =  B    

                                                              Brother currently has 85 dollars.   

The problem doesn't ask for My original amount but it's B + 10 = 95  

Check answer  

If I give my brother 5, then I'll have 90 and so will he, so we have the same.  

If my brother gives me 25, then I'll have 120 and my brother will have 60.  

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Set $L$ contains exactly four consecutive, positive, odd integers. The sum of the greatest integer and twice the least integer is $9$. What is the least integer in the set?    

Call that least number X.  Then the four consecutive odd integers are    

                                               (X),    (X + 2),    (X + 4),  and  (X + 6)   

                                               (X + 6) + (2)(X)  =  9    

                                                       X + 6 + 2X  =  9    

                                                                   3X  =  3   

                                                                     X  =  1    

check answer    

                                  7 + 2  =  9    

                                        9  =  9   

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What is the smallest positive integer that leaves a remainder of $11$ when divided by $207$?  

I  think it should be obvious that the answer is 218.  That is, 207 + 11.   

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