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Posted by niggoreanboi on 09-13-2002 02:16 AM:

Word problems

can neone help me out with

The degree measures of the angles of a pentagon are consecutive even integers. Find the measure of the largest angle.
(Hint: The sum of the measures of the angles of a pentagon is 540 degrees)

or


Jin's weekly pay is two thirds of Alicia's Togerther they earn 600 dollars per week. What is each person's weekly pay?

or

At the homecoming football game, The senior Class officers sold slices of pizza for.75 cents each and hamburgers for $1.35 each. They sold 40 more slices of pizza than hamburgers, and sales totaled$292.50. How many slices of pizza did they sell?


which one is easiest to you

thanx


Posted by nas on 09-13-2002 02:33 AM:

106, 108, 110, 112, 114 for the pentagon

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Posted by nas on 09-13-2002 02:36 AM:

cross multiply for the second one
jin's pay = x
so
2 = x
3 .. 600

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Posted by niggoreanboi on 09-13-2002 02:52 AM:

Thanx man


Posted by nas on 09-13-2002 02:55 AM:

no prob
too lazy for the last one =p

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Posted by rYcePuFf on 09-13-2002 04:08 AM:

Re: Word problems

quote:
Originally posted by niggoreanboi


At the homecoming football game, The senior Class officers sold slices of pizza for.75 cents each and hamburgers for $1.35 each. They sold 40 more slices of pizza than hamburgers, and sales totaled$292.50. How many slices of pizza did they sell?






x = number of pizza

.75x + 1.35(x-40) = 292.50

.75x + 1.35x + 1.35(-40) = 292.50

2.1x - 54 = 292.50

2.1x = 346.50 123.75

x = 165


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Posted by niggoreanboi on 09-15-2002 03:53 AM:

express ur answer in terms of the given variable.
A car's gas tank held x gallons of gas before a trip. The trip consumed three quarters of the gas in the tank, but 10 gallons of gas were added after the trip. How much gas is now in the tank?


solve.
A man invested $6000, part of it at 5% simple interest and the rest at 7% simple interest. If his annual interest income is $372, how much did he invest at each rate?


Posted by az0nd2r3 on 09-16-2002 02:46 AM:

1 :: (3x)/4+10 or (3x+40)/4.......same thing, however u want it
2 :: is compound interest the same thing as simple interest? i forget......
alex, is this college alg or something?

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Posted by ajy on 09-16-2002 03:12 AM:

i suck at this stuff


Posted by niggoreanboi on 09-16-2002 05:55 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by az0nd2r3
1 :: (3x)/4+10 or (3x+40)/4.......same thing, however u want it
2 :: is compound interest the same thing as simple interest? i forget......
alex, is this college alg or something?



puahha nope its algebra 1 word prob yea i'ms tupid i hate word problems its juss a review damn iuno ne one had algebra 2 b4 we're starting ch 2 on wed is alg 2 hard?


Posted by az0nd2r3 on 09-16-2002 06:49 AM:

shiet, wut grade u in? alg 2? jkjkjk......im in ap calc 1,2........lol, shut up.....im actually stupider than i seem....back to ur question, iono, or can sumone tell me if simple interest is da same as compound?

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Posted by niggoreanboi on 09-17-2002 01:14 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by az0nd2r3
shiet, wut grade u in? alg 2? jkjkjk......im in ap calc 1,2........lol, shut up.....im actually stupider than i seem....back to ur question, iono, or can sumone tell me if simple interest is da same as compound?


yea i'ma senior in algebra 2 -_- math isn't my strongest point but i found d answer teacher gave it to us :)


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