Solve using a system of equations: HW check today! Hal has $44 to buy 7 pairs of socks. Athletic socks cost $5 per pair and dress socks cost $8 per pair. How many pairs of each can he buy? Solve using a system of equations: 4 athletic, 3 dress
An airplane took four hours to fly 2400 miles in the direction of the jet-stream. The return trip against the jet-stream took five hours. What were the airplane’s speed in still air and the jet-stream's speed?
Solve using a system of equations: J = jet’s speed S = jet-stream speed Distance = rate time 2400 = 4 2400 = 5 Now solve… Solve using a system of equations: (j + s) (j – s)
Jetstream speed is 60 mph, jet speed is 540 mph. Answer
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There were 220 tickets sold for a school play. Student tickets cost $3 There were 220 tickets sold for a school play. Student tickets cost $3. Non-student tickets cost $7. A total of $1080 was collected. How many of each type of ticket was sold?
115 students 105 non- students Answer
The sum of two numbers is -3 The sum of two numbers is -3. The sum of one number and twice the other is 4. Find each number.
7 and –10 Answer
The perimeter of a rectangular poster is 12 ft The perimeter of a rectangular poster is 12 ft. The length is twice the width. Find the length and width.
Length = 4 ft. Width = 2 ft. Answer
The air-mail rate for letters to Europe is 45 cents, and to Africa is 65 cents. If Shirley paid $18.55 to send 35 half-ounce letters abroad, how many did she send to Africa?
14 letters to Africa (21 letters to Europe) Answer
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