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Example Questions
Example Question #61 : Equations
In an aquarium, the ratio of sharks to clown fish is . If there are more clown fish than sharks, how many sharks are there?
Set up a proportion, where .
Cross multiply:
Distribute:
Combine like terms:
Divide both sides of the equation by 5:
There are 64 sharks.
Example Question #62 : How To Find The Solution To An Equation
In June, a company had a profit of million. In July, the company doubled that profit. In August, the company's profits rose by percent. If profits rise by another percent in September, what is the September profit?
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The profit in July is twice the profit in June, or $6 million.
Because profits rise by 15% in August, August's profit is really 115% of July's profit:
Similarly, September's profit is 115% of August's profit:
Example Question #63 : How To Find The Solution To An Equation
Evaluate .
Subtract expressions:
or
Example Question #64 : How To Find The Solution To An Equation
If and , evaluate
It is impossible to tell from the information given.
Example Question #65 : How To Find The Solution To An Equation
Solve for :
Example Question #62 : Equations
Which is the greater quantity?
(A)
(B)
(B) is greater
(A) is greater
It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given
(A) and (B) are equal
(A) is greater
This makes (A) greater.
Example Question #63 : Equations
Which of the following is the greater quantity?
(A)
(B)
(A) is greater
(B) is greater
It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given
(A) and (B) are equal
(A) and (B) are equal
The quantities are equal.
Example Question #744 : Isee Upper Level (Grades 9 12) Quantitative Reasoning
If , then what is ?
To solve this problem, simply plug the numbers into the equation: . Then, just simplify. This gives you , which is
Example Question #745 : Isee Upper Level (Grades 9 12) Quantitative Reasoning
Column A Column B
The realtionship between the columns cannnot be determined.
The quantity in Column B is greater.
The quantities in both columns are equal.
The quantity in Column A is greater.
The quantities in both columns are equal.
and mean that you must plug in what it's inside the parantheses to x in the function. Therefore, when you plug in -2 to the function, you get , which is 11. Then, plug in 2 to the function, which gives you , which is also 11. Therefore, the columns are equal.
Example Question #64 : Equations
Column A Column B
The slope of The slope of
the line the line perpendicular
. to the line in Column A.
The quantities are equal.
There can be do relationship determined.
The quantity in Column B is greater.
The quantity in Column A is greater.
The quantity in Column A is greater.
The slope of the line is 4. You can determine this by remembering the y=mx+b slope-intercept form. "M" is slope, so the number in front of x is the slope. Therefore, it's 4. The slope of a line perpendicular to the line is the negative reciprocal of the first slope. Therefore, if the slope of the first line is 4, then the slope of the perpendicular line is . Therefore, Column A is greater.