Nina is 10 years younger than Deepak. Deepak is 3 times as old as Nina. Which system of equations can be used to find d, Deepak's age, and n, Nina's age?
Bethany has $3.10 in nickels and dimes. She has a total of 44 coins. What is the value of the nickels Bethany has?
Micah rows his boat on a river 4.48 miles downstream, with the current, in 0.32 hours. He rows back upstream the same distance, against the current, in 0.56 hours. Assuming his rowing speed and the speed of the current are constant, what is the speed of the current?
A motorboat travels 9 miles downstream (with the current) in 30 minutes. The return trip upstream (against the current) takes 90 minutes.Which system of equations can be used to find x, the speed of the boat in miles per hour, and y, the speed of the current in miles per hour? Recall the formula d = rt.
A business owner pays $1,200 per month in rent and a total of $120 per hour in employee salary for each hour the store is open. On average, the store brings in $200 in net sales per hour.Which equations can be solved to determine the break-even point if C(x) represents the cost function, R(x) represents the revenue function, and x the number of hours per month the store is open?
Each month, Kaisorn deposits $50.00 onto her public transportation card. It costs her $2.50 per trip to ride the subway. Thom deposits $40.00 on his public transportation card. It costs him $2.00 per trip to ride the subway.If x represents the number of trips and y represents the amount remaining in each account, which system of equations represents their transportation costs?
A store sells both cold and hot beverages. Cold beverages, c, cost $1.50, while hot beverages, h, cost $2.00. On Saturday, drink receipts totaled $360, and 4 times as many cold beverages were sold as hot beverages.Which system of linear equations represents the beverage sales on Saturday?
Adele is 5 years older than Timothy. In three years, Timothy will be of Adele’s age. What is Adele’s current age?
Students are given 3 minutes for each multiple-choice question and 5 minutes for each free-response question on a test. There are 15 questions on the test, and students are given 51 minutes to take it.The system of equations shown can be used to find the number of multiple-choice questions, m, and the number of free-response questions, f, on the test.m + f = 153m + 5f = 51How many multiple-choice questions are on the test?
At his new job, Jeremiah can choose an hourly rate of $9 plus a $50 weekly bonus for opening the store, or an hourly rate of $10 per hour with no opening bonus. The equations model his salary options.y = 9x + 50y = 10x What does x represent?
Yolanda paid for her movie ticket using 28 coins, all nickels and quarters. The ticket cost $4. Which system of linear equations can be used to find the number of nickels, n, and the number of quarters, q, Yolanda used?
Bethany has $3.10 in nickels and dimes. She has a total of 44 coins. What is the value of the nickels Bethany has?
Addison earns a fixed hourly rate working as a sales clerk. If she works on a holiday, she earns a different hourly rate than she earns on a regular day. In one week, she earns $188.50 by working 5 hours on a holiday and 16 hours during regular days. A different week, she earns $254.00 by working 8 hours on a holiday and 20 hours during regular days.How much more is Addison’s holiday hourly rate than her regular hourly rate?
A store sells both cold and hot beverages. Cold beverages, c, cost $1.50, while hot beverages, h, cost $2.00. On Saturday, drink receipts totaled $360, and 4 times as many cold beverages were sold as hot beverages.Which system of linear equations represents the beverage sales on Saturday?
An aircraft travels with the wind for 120 miles in 0.75 of an hour. The return trip is flown against the wind and takes exactly 1 hour.Which system of linear equations represents x, the speed of the plane in miles per hour, and y, the speed of the wind in miles per hour? Recall the formula d = rt.
Nina is 10 years younger than Deepak. Deepak is 3 times as old as Nina. Which system of equations can be used to find d, Deepak's age, and n, Nina's age?
Each month, Kaisorn deposits $50.00 onto her public transportation card. It costs her $2.50 per trip to ride the subway. Thom deposits $40.00 on his public transportation card. It costs him $2.00 per trip to ride the subway.If x represents the number of trips and y represents the amount remaining in each account, which system of equations represents their transportation costs?
Zorah, a musician, pays $120 to have her instrument tuned and $10 per hour for a booth at a fair. She estimates that she earns $25 per hour in tips. The equation can be used to represent the break-even point.120 + 10x = 25xHow many hours, x, will Zorah have to play in order to break even?
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