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The bar graph shows that average rent and mortgage payments in the United States have increased since \(1975,\) even after taking inflation into account. Exercises \(31-32\) are based on the information displayed by the graph. (GRAPH CANNOT COPY) In \(2008,\) mortgage payments averaged 1514 dollars per month. For the period shown, monthly mortgage payments increased by approximately 20 dollars per year. If this trend continues, how many years after 2008 will mortgage payments average 1714 dollars ? In which year will this occur?

A rectangular field is four times as long as it is wide. If the perimeter of the field is 500 yards, what are the field's dimensions?

A rectangular field is five times as long as it is wide. If the perimeter of the field is 288 yards, what are the field's dimensions?

Use the percent formula, \(A=P B: A\) is \(P\) percent of \(B,\) to solve. What percent of 2.5 is \(0.3 ?\)

Solve each equation in using both the addition and multiplication properties of equality. Check proposed solutions. $$-x-3=3$$

After a \(20 \%\) reduction, you purchase a television for \(\$ 320 .\) What was the television's price before the reduction?

Including \(8 \%\) sales tax, a bed-and-breakfast inn charges 172.80 dollars per night. Find the inn's nightly cost before the tax is added.

An automobile repair shop charged a customer 448 dollars listing 63 dollars for parts and the remainder for labor. If the cost of labor is 35 dollars per hour, how many hours of labor did it take to repair the car?

Use the multiplication property of inequality to solve each inequality and graph the solution set on a number line. \(7 x \geq-56\)

Solve each equation in using both the addition and multiplication properties of equality. Check proposed solutions. $$6 z-5=z+5$$