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Example Question #52 : How To Find The Solution To An Equation

Pets Plus makes bird houses. Their monthly fixed expenses are $750. The cost for each bird house is $15. The bird houses sell for $40.

If Pets Plus sells 50 bird houses, what is the profit?

Possible Answers:

$\$500$

$\$250$

$\$300$

$\$750$

$\$625$

Correct answer:

$\$500$

Explanation:

Let $x$ = the number of birdhouses sold each month.

$Revenue=40x$

$Costs=15x+750$

$Profit = Revenue-Costs$

$=40x-15x-750$

$=25x-750$

Substituting in 50 for $x$ gives an answer of 500, so the profit on 50 birdhouses is $500.

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Example Question #53 : How To Find The Solution To An Equation

George is three times older than Joey. The sum of their ages is 16. What is the product of their ages?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Let = Joey's age and = George's age.

Then the equation to solve becomes x + 3x = 16 .

4x=16

x=4

Therefore, Joey is 4 years old and George is 12 years old, so the product of their ages is 48.

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Example Question #141 : Equations / Inequalities

Three consecutive even numbers add to 42. What is the middle number?

Possible Answers:

$10$

$18$

$14$

$12$

$16$

Correct answer:

$14$

Explanation:

Let $x$ = 1st even number, $x+2$ = 2nd even number, and $x+4$ = 3rd even number.

Then the equation to solve becomes $x+(x+2)+(x+4)=42$ .

$3x+6=42$

Thus $x=12,x+2=14,\ and\ x+4=16$ , so the middle number is 14.

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Example Question #142 : Equations / Inequalities

Consider the following equation:

$\left | 2x-9 \right | = x-3$

Which of the following must be true?

$I) \quad x=6$

$II) \quad x \mbox{ is positive }$

$III) \quad x \mbox{ is even }$

Possible Answers:

$I, II \mbox{ and } III$

$\mbox{ none of these }$

$II \mbox{ only }$

$II \mbox{ and } III \mbox{ only }$

$III \mbox{ only }$

Correct answer:

$II \mbox{ and } III \mbox{ only }$

Explanation:

The quantity inside the absolute value brackets must equal either x-3 or -(x-3) , depending on whether the quantity inside the brackets is positive or negative. We therefore have two seperate equations:

2x-9 = x-3

2x-9 =-(x-3)

To solve the first equation, add 9 to both sides:

2x = x+6

Subtract from both sides:

x=6

This is the first solution. Now let's look at the second equation. The distributive law gives us:

2x-9 =-x+3

Add 9 to both sides:

2x =-x+12

Add to both sides:

3x = 12

Divide both sides by 3:

x=4

Therefore, is either 4 or 6.

Statement does NOT have to be true because can also equal 4.

Statement must be true because both 4 and 6 are positive .

Finally, statement III always holds because 4 and 6 are both even.

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Example Question #51 : Equations / Inequalities

$5\textup{,}100 = 300(2v + 7)$ ,

then v =

Possible Answers:

500

$\frac{1}{5}$

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Divide both sides by 300 to get 17 = 2v + 7 . Subtract 7 and divide by two to get v = 5 .

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Example Question #94 : How To Find The Solution To An Equation

If b – 3 = a, then (a – b)² =

Possible Answers:

–9

–3

The answer cannot be determined from the given information.

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The quantity can be regrouped to be –3 = a – b. Thus, (a – b)² = (–3)² = 9.

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