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Renz – August 18, 2019
1.) Find three numbers such that the second number is 3 more than
twice the first number, and the third number is four times the first
number. The sum of the three numbers is 164.
2.) Suppose that a computer store just announced an 8% decrease
in the price of a particular computer model. If this computer sells for
$2162 after the decrease, find the original price of this computer.
3.) A pennant in the shape of an isosceles triangle is to be
constructed for the Slidell High School Athletic Club and sold at a
fund-raiser. The company manufacturing the pennant charges
according to perimeter, and the athletic club has determined that a
perimeter of 149 centimeters should make a nice profit. If each equal
side of the triangle is twice the length of the third side, increased by
12 centimeters, find the lengths of the sides of the triangle pennant.
4.) Kelsey Ohleger was helping her friend Benji Burnstine studey for
an algebra exam. Kelsey told Benji that her three latest art history
quiz scores are three consecutive even integers whose sum is 264.
Help Benji find the scores.
5.) In 2010, 8476 earthquakes occurred in the United States. Of
these, 91.4% were minor tremors with magnitudes of 3.9 or less on
the Richter scale. How many minor earthquakes occur in the United
States in 2010? Round to the nearest whole number.
6.) Karen Estes just received an inheritance of $10,000 and plans to
place all the money in a savings account that pays 5% compounded
quarterly to help her son go to college in 3 years. How much money
will be in the account in 3 years?
7.) The fastest average speed by a cyclist across the continental
United States is 15.4 mph, by Pete Penseyres. If he traveled a total
distance of about 3107.5 miles at this speed find his time cycling in
days, hours and minutes.
8.) A serving of cashew contains 14 grams of fat, 7 grams of
carbohydrate, and 6 grams of protein. How many calories are in this
serving of cashews?
9.) In the United States, the annual consumption of cigarettes is
declining. The consumption c in billions of cigarettes per year since
the year 2000 can be approximated by the formula c = - 9.4t + 431
where t is the number of years after 2000. Use this formula to predict
the years that the consumption of cigarettes will be less than 200
billion per year.
10.) The cost C of producing x number of scientific calculators is
given by C = 4.50x + 3000, and the revenue R from selling them is
given by R = 16.50x. Find the number of calculators that must be
sold to break even.
11.) Chine, the United States, and France are predicted to be the top
tourist destinations by 2020. In this year, the United States is
redicted to have 9 million more tourists than France, and China is
predicted to have 44 million more tourists than France. If the total
number of tourist predicted for these three countries is 332 million,
find the number predicted for each country in 2020.
12.) The number of cars manufactured on an assembly line at a
General Motors plant varies jointly as the number of workers and the
time they work. If 200 workers can produce 60 cars in 2 hours, find
how many cars 240 workers should be able to make in 3 hours?
13.) Boyle’s law says that if the temperature stays the same, the
pressure P of a gas is inversely proportional to the volume V. If a
cylinder in a steam engine has a pressure of 960 kilopascals when
the volume is 1.4 cubic meters, find the pressure when the volume
increases to 2.5 cubic meters.
14.) Hooke’s law states that the distance a spring stretches is directly
proportional to the weight attached to the spring. If a 40-pound
weight attached to the spring stretches the spring 5 inches, find the
distance that a 65- pound weight attached to the spring stretches the
spring.
15.) If a certain number is subtracted from the numerator and added
to the denominator of 9/19, the new fraction is equivalent to 1/3. Find
the number.
16.) If the cost, C(x), for manufacturing x units of a certain product is
given by C(x) = x2 – 15x + 50, find the number of units manufactured
at a cost of $9500.
17.) The world’s highest bridge, the Millau Viaduct in France, is 1125
feet above the River Tarn. An object is dropped from the top of this
bridge. Neglecting air resistance, the height of the object at time t
seconds is given by the polynomial function P(t) = - 16t2 + 1125. Find
the height of the object when t = 8 seconds.
18.) A company that manufactures boxes recently purchased $2000
worth of new equipment to offer gift boxes to its customers. The cost
of producing a package of gift boxes is $1.50 and it is sold for $4.00.
Find the number of packages that must be sold for the company to
break even.
19.) Mrs. Laser agrees to give her son Mark an allowance of $0.1 on
the first day of his 14-day vacation, $0.20 on the second day, $0.40
on the third day, and so on. Write an equation of a sequence whose
terms correspond to Mark’s allowance. Find the allowance Mark will
receive on the last day of his vacation.
20.) If the third term of an arithmetic sequence is 23 and the eighth
term is 63. Find the sixth term.
21.) Find the first four terms of a geometric sequence whose first
term is 8 and whose common ratio is – 3.
22.) The research department of a company that manufactures
children’s fruit drinks is experimenting with a new flavor. A 17.5%
fructose solution is needed but only 10% and 20% solutions are
available. How many gallons of the 10% fructose solution should be
mixed with the 20% solution to obtain 20 gallons of a 17.5% fructose
solution?
23.) A motel in New Orleans charges $90 per day for double
occupancy and $80 per day for single occupancy during off-season.
If 80 rooms are occupied for a total of $6930, how many rooms of
each kind are occupied?
24.) An endangered species of sparrow had an estimated population
of 800 in 2000 and scientists predicted that its population would
decrease by half each year. Estimate the population in 2004.
25.) The number of cases of new infectious disease is doubling
every year such that the number of cases is modelled by a sequence
whose general term is an = 75(2)n-1, where n is the number of the
year just beginning. Find how many cases there will be at the
beginning of the sixth year. Find how many cases there were at the
beginning of the first year.
26.) Keith Robinson bought two Siamese fighting fish. But when he
got home, he found he only had one rectangular tank that was 12 in.
long, 7 in. wide, and 5 in. deep. Since the fish must be kept
separated, he needed to insert a plastic divider in the diagonal of the
tank. He already has a piece that is 5 in. in one dimension but how
long must it be to fit corner to corner in the tank?
27.) (Situation) The value of an automobile bought in 2012 continues
to decrease as time passes. Two years after the car was bought, it
was worth $20600; four years after, it was bought, it was worth
$14600.
a.) Assuming that this relationship between the number of years past
2012 and the value of the car is linear, write an equation describing
this relationship. Hint: Use ordered pairs of the form (year past 2012,
value of the automobile).
b.) Use this equation to estimate the value of the automobile in 2018.
28.) A starting salary for a consulting company is $57000 per year
with guaranteed annual increase of $2200 for the next 4 years. Write
the general term for the arithmetic sequence that models the
potential annual salaries and find the salary for the third year.
29.) Find the earthquake’s magnitude on the Richter scale if a
recording station measures an amplitude of 300 micrometers and 2.5
seconds between waves. Assume that B is 4.2. Approximate the
solution to the nearest tenth.
30.) The Rogun Dam in Tajikistan (part of the former USSR) is the
tallest dam in the world at 1100 feet. How long would it take an
object to fall from the top to the base of the dam?
31.) After applying a test antibiotic, the population of a bacterial
culture is reduced by one-half every day. Predict how large the
culture will be at the start of day 7 if it measures 4800 units at the
beginning of day 1.
32.) If a radioactive element has a half-life of 3 hours, then x grams
of element dwindles to x/2 grams after 3 hours. If a nuclear reactor
has 400 grams of that radioactive element, find the amount of
radioactive material after 12 hours.
33.) A ball is dropped from a height of 20 feet and repeatedly
rebounds to a height that is 4/5 of its previous height. Find the total
distance the ball covers before it comes to rest.
34.) The sum of three numbers is 40. The first number is five more
than the second number. It is also twice the third. Find the numbers.
35.) The number of baby gorillas born at the San Diego Zoo is a
sequence defined by
an = n(n – 1), where n is the number of years the zoo has owned
gorillas. Find the
total number of baby gorillas born in the first 4 years.
36.) A company’s cost per tee shirt for silk screening x tee shirts is
given by the rational
function C(x) = (3.2x + 400)/x . Find the cost per tee shirt.
a.) For printing 1000 tee shirts
b.) For printing 100 tee shirts
37.) Mark Keaton’s workout consists of jogging for 3 miles and then
riding his bike for 5 miles at a speed 4 miles per hour faster than he
jogs. If his total workout time is 1 hour, find his jogging speed and his
biking speed.
38.) Suppose that an open box is to be made from a square sheet of
cardboard by cutting out squares from each corner as shown and
then folded along the dotted lines. If the box is to have a volume of
128 cubic inches, find the original dimensions of the sheet of
cardboard.
39.) A sprinkler that sprays water in a circular pattern is to be used to
water a square garden. If the area of the garden is 920 square feet,
find the smallest whole number radius that the sprinkler can be
adjusted to so that the entire garden is watered.
40.) Gary Marcus and Tony Alva work at Lombardo’s Pipe and
Concrete. Mr. Lombardo is preparing an estimate for a customer. He
knows that Gary can lay 4 slab of concrete in 6 hours. Tony can lay
the same size slab in 4 hours. If both work on the job and the cost of
labor is $45.00 per hour, determine what the labor estimate should
be.
41.) The average speed of the winner Meb Keflezighi during the
2014 Boston Marathon was 1.46 kilometers per hour faster than the
first female to cross the finish line, Rita Jeptoo. If Keflezighi ran
29.52 kilometers in the time that Jeptoo ran 27.33 kilometers, find
the speed of Jeptoo, rounded to the nearest tenth.
42.) Hertz Car Rental Agency charges $25 daily plus 10 cents per
mile. Budget charges $20 daily plus 25 cents per mile. Find the daily
mileage for which the Budget charge for the day is twice that of the
Hertz charge for the day.
43.) The maximum weight that a rectangular beam can support
varies jointly as its width and the square of its height and inversely as
its length. If a beam ½ foot wide, 1/3 foot high and 10 feet long can
support 12 tons. Find 2/3 foot wide, ½ foot high, and 16 feet long.
44.) The intensity of light (in foot-candles) varies inversely as the
square of x, the distance in feet from the light source. The intensity of
light 2 feet from the source is 80-foot candles. How far away is the
source if the intensity of light is 5 foot candles?
45.) In 2010, 9 out of 20 top grossing movies were rated PG-13. At
this rate, how many movies in a year with 599 releases would you
predict to be rated PG-13? Round to the nearest whole movie.
46.) If the voltage V in an electric circuit is held constant, the current I
is inversely proportional to the resistance R. If the current is 20
amperes when the resistance is 20 ohms, find the current when the
resistance is 150 ohms.
47.) Smith Engineering is in the process of reviewing the salaries of
their surveyors. During this review, the company found that an
experienced surveyor can survey a roadbed in 4 hours. An
apprentice surveyor needs 5 hours to survey the same stretch of
road. If the two work together, find how long it takes them to
complete the job.
48.) An experienced brick layer can construct a small wall in 3 hours.
An apprentice can complete the job in 6 hours. Find how long it takes
if they work together.
49.) The speed of Lazy River’s current is 5 mph. If a boat travels 20
miles downstream in the same time that it takes to travel 10 miles
upstream, find the speed of the boat in still water.
50.) The sum of the reciprocals of two consecutive integers is 75/56.
Find the two integers.
51.) Two trains going in opposite directions leave at the same time.
One train travels 15 mph faster than the other. In 6 hours, the trains
are 630 miles apart. Find the speed of each.
52.) A giant tortoise can travel 0.17 miles in 1 hour. At this rate, how
long would it take the tortoise to travel 1 mile? (Round to the nearest
tenth of an hour)
53.) A local dairy has three machines to fill half-gallon milk cartons.
The machines can fill the daily quota in 5 hours, 6 hours and 7.5
hours, respectively. Find how long it takes to fill the daily quota if all
three machines are running.
54.) A denominator of a fraction is 1 more than the numerator. If both
the numerator and the denominator are decreased by 3, the resulting
fraction is equivalent to 4/5. Find the fraction.
55.) In 2 minutes, a conveyor belt can move 300 pounds of
recyclable aluminum from the delivery truck to a storage area. A
smaller belt can move the same quantity of cans the same distance
in 6 minutes. If both belts are used, find how long it takes to move
the cans to the storage area.
56.) A plane flies 465 miles with the wind and 345 miles against the
wind in the same length of time. If the speed of the wind is 20 mph,
find the speed of the plane in still air.
57.) Two joggers, one averaging 8 mph and one averaging 6 mph,
start from a designated initial point. The slower jogger arrives at the
end of the run a half-hour after the jogger. Find the distance of the
run.
58.) The initial size of a virus culture is 6 munits and it triples its size
every day. Find the general term of the geometric sequence that
models the culture’s size.
59.) Jose takes a job that offers a monthly salary of P4000 and
guarantees him a monthly raise of P125 during his first year of
training. Find the general term of the arithmetic sequence and his
monthly salary at the end of his training.
60.) A triangular display of cans in a grocery store has 20 cans in the
first row, 17 cans in the second row and so on, in an arithmetic
sequence.
a.) Find the number of cans in the 5th row.
b.) Find the number of cans in the 5th row.
c.) No. of cans in the top row = 2
 19.) 819.20
61.) A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 486 ft., and it continues
to bounce one- hird the height from which it last fell. Find the general 20.) 47
term for this geometric sequence. Find how many bounces it takes
21.) 8, -24, 72, -216
for the ball to rebound less than 1 foot?
22.) 5gal of 10% fs and 15gal of 20% fs
62.) A small theater has 10 rows with 12 seats in the first row, 15
seats in the second row, 18 seats in the 3rd row and so on. Write an 23.) 53 double rooms and 27 single rooms
equation whose term corresponds to the seats in each row.
24.) 50 sparrows
63.) A grant from an alumnus to a university specified that the
25.) 2400 cases and 75 cases.
university was to receive $800,000 during the first year and 75% of
the preceding years donation during each of the following 5 years. 26.) 13.89 in
Find the total amount donated during the 6 years.
27.) a.) 26600-3000n ; b.) $8,600

28.) 54800+2200n & $61,400

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29.) 𝑅 = log ( ) + 𝐵 = 6.3
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30.) 8.29seconds

31.) 75 units

32.) 25g

33.) 180ft

34.) 18, 13, 9

35.) 20

36.) a.) $3.60 b.) $7.20

37.) 6mph (jogging speed) & 10mph (biking speed)

38.) 12in by 12in

39.) 22ft

40.) $108

Answers: 41.) 18.2kph

1.) The three numbers are 23, 49, 92. 42.) 600mi

2.) 2350. 43.) 22.5 tons

3.) Therefore, the length of the sides of the triangle are 25, 62, 62. 44.) 8feet

4.) The three consecutive even integers are 86, 88 and 90. 45.) 269.55

5.) 7747 46.) 8/3

6.) 11,607.55 47.) 2.22hrs

7.) t = 8 days, 9 hours, 50 minutes 48.) 2hrs

8.) C = 4h + 9f + 4p 49.) 15mph

h = number of grams of carbohydrate
50.) -8 , -7
f = number of grams of fat
p = number of grams of protein 51.) 45mph , 60mph
C = 4(7) + 9(14) + 4(6)
C = 178 calories 52.) 5.88hrs

9.) c = - 9.4(20) + 431 = 243 53.) 2hrs

- 9.4t + 431 < 200
9.4t = 231 54.) 7/8
t = 24.6 say 25
55.) 1.5minutes
The annual consumption of cigarettes will be less than 200 billion in 2025
56.) 135mph
10.) x = 250 calculators
57.) 12miles
11.) F = 93
C = 93 + 44 = 137 58.) 6(3)^(n-1)
U = 9 + 93 = 102
59.) P5375
12.) 108
60.) a.) 8cans , b.) 7rows , c.) 2
13.) 537.6 kPa
61.) 6bounces
14.) 8.125
62.) 33
15.) 2
63.) $2,630,468.75
16.) 105

17.) 101

18.) 800