1. Length and Width Problems The length of a rectangle is 3 in. more than its width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 30 in. What is the length of the rectangle? The width of a rectangle is one half its length. The perimeter is 24 in. What are the length and width of the rectangle? What’s the area?

2. Consectutive Integers The sum of 2 consecutive even integers is 118. What are the integers? The sum of 3 consecutive integers is 915. What are the integers? The sum of 3 consecutive odd integers is -87. What are the integers?

3. Distance/Rate/Time (d=rt) A group of campers and one group leader left a campstie in a canoe. They traveled at an avearage rate of 10 km/h. Two hours later, the other group leader left the campsite in a motorboat. He traveled at an average rate of 22 km/h. How long did it take the motorboat to catch up with the canoe? How long did the motorboat travel?

4. D=rt On his way to work from home, your uncle averaged only 20 miles per hour. On his drive home, he averaged 40 miles per hour. If the total travel time was 1.5 hours, how long did it take him to drive to work?

5. D=rt Sarah and John leave Perryville traveling in opposite directions on a straight road. Sarah drives 12 miles per hour faster than John. After 2 hours, they are 176 miles apart. Find Sarah’s speed and John’s speed.

6. Money and Break even Suppose you want to join a video store. Big Video offers a special discount card that costs $9.99 for one year. With the discount car, each video rental costs $2.49. A discount card from Main Street Video costs $20.49 for one year. With the Main Street Video discount card, each video rental costs $1.79. After how many video rentals is the cost the same?

7. Money and Break even Suppose you have $28 in your bank account and start saving $18.25 every week. Your friend has $161 in his bank account and is withdrawing $15 every week. When will your account balances be the same?