1.) The length of a rectangular field is 7/5 its width.

If the perimeter of the field is 240 meters, what are the length and width of the field? Answer: Let L be the length and W be the width. L = (7/5)W Perimeter: 2L + 2W = 240, 2(7/5)W + 2W = 240 Solve the above equation to find: W = 50 m and L = 70 m.

2.) The mass of the earth is about 230 000 000 000 kg. Express this mass in scientific notation. Answer: 2.3 x 1011

3.) For what value of the constant K does the equation 2x + Kx = 3 have one solution? Answer: Solve for x to obtain: x = 3/(2 + k) The given equation has one solution for all real values of k not equal to -2.

4.) For what value of the constant K does the equation Kx2 + 2x = 1 have two real solutions? Answer: Rewrite the given quadratic equation in standard form: Kx 2 + 2x - 1 = 0 Discriminator = 4 - 4(K)(-1) = 4 + 4K For the equation to have two real solutions, the discriminator has to be positive. Hence we need to solve the inequality 4 + 4K > 0.

The solution set to the above inequality is given by: K > -1 for which the given equation has two real solutions.

5.) For what value of the constant K does the system of equations 2x - y = 4 and 6x 3y = 3K have an infinite number of solutions? Answer: For the system of equations 2x - y = 4 and 6x - 3y = 3K to have an infinite number of solutions, the two equations must be equivalent. If we multiply all terms of the first equation by 3, we obtain 6x - 3y = 12 for the two equations to be equivalent we must have 12 = 3K which when solved gives K = 4.

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1.) A customer pays 50 dollars for a coffee maker after a discount of 20 dollars what is the original price of the coffee maker? Answer: Let x be the original price. x - 20 = 50 x - 20 + 20 = 50 + 20 x + 0 = 70 x = 70 2.) Going for a long trip, Thomas drove for 2 hours and had lunch. After lunch he drove for 3 more hours at a speed that is 20 km/hour more than before lunch. The total trip was 460 km. a) what was his speed after lunch?

Answer: Let x be the speed before lunch, hence the distance driven before lunch is equal to 2 x. After lunch his speed is 20 km/hr more than before lunch and is therefore x + 20. The distance after lunch is 3 (x + 20). The total distance is 460 , hence the equation: 2 x + 3 (x + 20) = 460 Solve the above equation to find speed before lunch x = 80 km/hr The speed after lunch is 20 km/hr more than before lunch and is therefore equal to 80 km/hr + 20 km/hr = 100 km/hr.

3.) Johns annual salary after a raise of 15% is $45,000. What was his salary before the raise?

Answer: Let x be the salary before the increase. Hence x + 15% x = $45,000 Solve for x to find x = $39,130 For what value of the constant K does the equation 2x + Kx = 3 have one solution? Solve for x to obtain: x = 3/(2 + k) The given equation has one solution for all real values of k not equal to -2

4.) It took Malcolm 3.5 hours to drive from city A to city B. On his way back to city a, he increased his speed by 20 km per hour and it took him 3 hours. a) Find the average speed for the whole journey.

Answer: Let x and x + 20 be the speeds of the car from A to B and then from B to A. Hence the distance from A to B may expressed as 3.5 x and the distance from B to A as 3(x + 20) the average speed = total distance / total time = (3.5 x + 3 (x + 20)) / (3.5 + 3) the distance from A to B is equal to the distance from B to A, hence: 3.5 x = 3(x + 20). Solve for x to obtain x = 120 km/hr. we now substitute x by 120 in the formula for the average speed to obtain. Average speed = 129.2 km/hr

5.) Are the two lines L1 through the points (-1, 4) and (0, 4) and L2 through the points (5, 6) and (5, 2) parallel, perpendicular or neither. Explain your answer. Answer: a) slope = (4 - 3) / (-3 - 1) = -1/4 b) Equation of line L: y - 3 = (-1/4)(x - 1) To find the y-intercept, put x = 0 in the equation: y - 3 = 1/4 , y = 13/4 c) To find the x-intercept, put y = 0 in the equation: 0 - 3 = (-1/4)(x - 1) , x = 13 d) Substitute x and y by -4 and b respectively in the equation of line L and solve for b. b - 3 = (-1/4)(-4 - 1) , b = 17/4

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1.) Assume the value of the island of Manhattan has grown at an exponential rate of 8% per year since 1626 when Peter Minuit of the Dutch west India Company purchased the island for $24. The value of the island, V, at any time, t, in years after 1626, can be found by the formula V= 24e0.08t. What is the value of island in 2003, 377 years after Minuit purchased it? Answer: $300,976,658,300,000 2.) The number of a certain bacteria. Y, present in a culture is determined by the equation y = 2000(3)x, where x is the number of days the culture has been growing. Find the number of bacteria present after 5 days. Answer: 486,000 bacteria 3.) Determined the volume of a cylindrical soup can if its diameter is 2.5 inch. And its height is 3.75 inch. (The formula for the volume of a cylinder is V = r2h) round your answer to the nearest tenth. Answer: 18.4 inch.3 4.) Peter wants to get $200,000 for his house. An agent charges 20% of the selling price for selling the house for Peter. a) What should be the selling price? b) What will be the agent's commission?

Answer: Let x be the selling price: x - 20%x = 200,000 a) Solve for x to find x = $250,000 b) 20% *250,000 = $50,000

5.) In a cafeteria, 3 coffees and 4 donuts cost $10.05. In the same cafeteria, 5 coffees and 7 donuts cost $17.15 Dirhams. How much do you have to pay for 4 coffees and 6 donuts? Answer: Let x be the price of 1 coffee and y be the price of 1 donut. We now use "3 coffees and 4 donuts cost $10.05" to write the equation 3x + 4y = 10.05 and use "5 coffees and 7 donuts costs $17.15 " to write the equation 5x + 7y = 17.15 Subtract the terms of the first equation from the terms of the second equation to obtain 2x + 3y = 7.10 Multiply all terms of the last equation to obtain 4x + 6y = 14.2 4 coffees and 6 donuts cost $14.2.

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A Survey of Mathematics with Applications Angel Abbott Runde