Chapter 2: Solving Linear Equations
Q. 2.89
Pierre and Monique leave their home in Portland at the same time. Pierre drives north on the turnpike at a speed of 75 miles per hour while Monique drives south at a speed of 68 miles per hour. How long will it take them to be 429 miles apart?
Q. 292
Suppose you have six quarters, nine dimes, and four pennies. Explain how you find the total value of all the coins.
Q.371
Shower budget Penny is planning a baby shower for her daughter-in-law. The restaurant charges \(950 for up to 25 guests, plus \)31.95 for each additional guest. How many guests can attend if Penny wants the total cost to be no more than $1,500?
Q 527.
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Q. 551
The length of a rectangle is 12 cm more than the width. The perimeter is 74 cm. Find the length and the width.
Q. 554
Paulette has \(140 in \)5 and \(10 bills. The number of \)10 bills is one less than twice the number of $5 bills. How many of each does she have?
Q. 556
Tickets for a basketball game cost \(2 for students and \)5 for adults. The number of students was three less than 10 times the number of adults. The total amount of money from ticket sales was $619. How many of each ticket were sold?
Q. 561
Enrique borrowed \(23,500 to buy a car. He pays his uncle 2% interest on the \)4,500 he borrowed from him, and he pays the bank 11.5% interest on the rest. What average interest rate does he pay on the total $23,500? (Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.)
Q. 567
Anthony drove from New York City to Baltimore, which is a distance of 192 miles. He left at 3:45 and had heavy traffic until 5:30. Traffic was light for the rest of the drive, and he arrived at 7:30. His speed in light traffic was four miles per hour more than twice his speed in heavy traffic. Find Anthony’s driving speed in heavy traffic and light traffic .
Q 605.
Elouise is creating a rectangular garden in her back yard. The length of the garden is feet. The perimeter of the garden must be at least feet and no more than feet. Use a compound inequality to find the range of values for the width of the garden.