1. 3.5 Linear Equations and Problem Solving A page of your school yearbook is 8 ½ inches by 11 inches. The left margin is ¾ inch and the space to the right of the pictures is 2 7/8 inches. The space between pictures is 3/16 inch. How wide can three pictures be to fit across the width of the page?

2. At East High School, 579 students take Spanish. This number has been increasing at a rate of about 30 students per year. The number of students taking French is 217 and has been decreasing at a rate of about 2 students per year. At these rates, when will there be three times as many students taking Spanish as French?

3. Draw a Diagram The front page of your school newspaper is 11 ¼ inches wide. The left margin is 1 inch and the right margin is 1 ½ inches. The space between the four columns is ¼ inch. Find the width of each column.

4. While on business, your mother drove 65 miles per hour in an automobile and travel 260 miles per hour in an airplane. She drove twice as many hours as she flew and the total mileage for the trip was 780 miles. How many hours did she drive? Use a verbal model and a table as a guide. Show both solutions.

5. 3.5ex2 Worksheet Complete this problem under example 2 of the worksheet of 3.5. Rework example 2 if she drove three times as many hours as she flew and the total mileage for the trip was 1365 miles.