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Quiz 4: Systems of Equations and Inequalities
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Question 41
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Solve. -One number is four more than a second number. Twice the second is three more than the first. Find the numbers.
Question 42
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Solve. -Four times one number minus a second is 11, and the sum of the numbers is 14. Find the numbers.
Question 43
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Solve. -An L1011 traveled 645 mph with the wind and 575 mph against the wind. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the wind.
Question 44
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Solve. -A boat traveled 27.5 mph with the current and 12.5 mph against the current. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the current.
Question 45
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Solve. -Find how many milliliters of 3% acid solution and 7% acid solution should be mixed to yield 120 ml of 5% acid solution.
Question 46
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Solve. -Find how many pounds of horse fee with 20% oats and horse feed with 5% oats should be mixed to yield 20 pounds of horse feed with 11% oats.
Question 47
Short Answer
Solve. -A movie theater charges $7.50 for adults and $4.50 for children. The receipts for one showing of a movie were $540. If 80 tickets were sold, find how many tickets of each type were sold.
Question 48
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Solve. -A purchaser for an office supply store got a special deal from a paper manufacturer. He bought 12 reams of printer paper and 8 boxes of writing tablets for $236. Later that day, he bought 9 reams of printer paper and 10 boxes of writing tablets for$205. Find his price for one ream of printer paper and one box of writing tablets.
Question 49
Short Answer
Solve. -The perimeter of a rectangle is 58 meters. Its length is 5 meters more than its width. Find the length and the width of the rectangle.
Question 50
Short Answer
Solve. -The measure of the third angle of an isosceles triangle is 30
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less than the measure of the base angles. Find the measure of all three angles.
Question 51
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Solve. -A new salesperson has a choice of two pay arrangements: a weekly salary of $400 plus 10% commission on sales, or a weekly salary of $138 plus 15% commission on sales. Find the amount of sales for which the two arrangements pay the same.
Question 52
Short Answer
Solve. -A store rents video tapes for $3.50 a day. A club charges $15 a month for membership. Members can rent video tapes for $1 a day. How many video tapes do you need to rent per month for the two options to cost the same and what would your total monthly cost be?
Question 53
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Solve. -Peanuts cost $0.79 a pound, cashews $2.49 a pound, and walnuts $1.89 a pound. A store clerk needs to make 2 pounds of mixed nuts using these three types so the total cost is $2.97. If she wants to use 3 times as much peanuts as cashews, find how much of each type of nut she should use.
Question 54
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Solve. -A community theater group sold 620 tickets to a performance for $3670. Orchestra tickets cost $8.50, balcony tickets cost $2.50, and all others cost $6.50. If they sold twice as many balcony tickets as orchestra tickets, how many did they sell of each type?
Question 55
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Solve. -The sum of the measures of the angles of a quadrilateral is 360
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^\circ
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. The smallest angle in a certain quadrilateral has a measure of 49
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^\circ
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. The measure of the second angle is 30
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more than the measure of the third. The measure of the fourth angle is 10
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less than the measure of the third. Find the measure of all four angles.
Question 56
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Solve. -The perimeter of a triangle is 30 centimeters. One side is one centimeter longer than the second side. The second side is 2 centimeters longer than twice the length of the third side. Find the length of each side.