Solving for x
3x = 12
x = 4
Solve for h
A = bh
h = A/b
An amusement park offers a ticket for $12.95 off the original price p. The new discounted price is $44.00. Write and solve an equation to find the original price.
p - 12.95 = 44
Original Price: $56.95
|x - 2| + 5 = 9
x = 6 and x = -2
2x - 9 = 7
x = 8
Solve for r
I = prt
r = I/(pt)
A baker orders 162 eggs. Each carton contains 18 eggs. write an equation to find how many cartons of eggs he bought.
18x = 162
|4b - 5| = 19
b = 6 and b = -7/2
4(3x + 6) = 24
x = 0
Solve for m
cx = mx - n
(cx + n)/x
You have 96 feet of fencing to enclose a rectangular pen for your dog. To provide sufficient running space for your dog to exercise, the pen should be three times as long as it is wide. Find the dimensions of the pen.
36 feet long and 12 feet wide
4|2x + 7| = 16
x = -3/2 and x = -11/2
1/3 (2x -7) = 9
x = 17
Solve for y
(6x+3y)/4 = 2x
x = (2x)/3
Leena took out a student loan for her first year of college. She borrowed $6,000. She was charges a simple interest rate of 5%. How much will Leena owe on her loan at the end of 4 years?
$1,200
Ashley wants to buy a new couch. Her brother just bought a couch for $1,250. Ashley wants to spend within $188 of this price. Write an equation to represent the price p that Ashley will spend on the couch.
|p - 1250| = 188
1/5 (3x + 4) - 2 = 3
x = 7
Solve for b
a + 4b - 3c + 6 = 2a - 2b
b = (a + 3c - 6)/6
Nicci has $11,000 in a savings account that earns simple interest rate of 10% annually. How much interest will she earn in 3 months?
$275
A plane is flying at a speed of 150 miles per hour. The pilot plans to fly at this speed for the next 160 miles, plus or minus 25 miles. Write an absolute value equation to find the minimum and maximum number of hours the plane will travel at that speed.
|150x - 160| = 25