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3(q-5)=2(q+5)

q=25

100

4(13x)

52x

100

An online DVD rental company offers gift certificates that you can use to purchase rental plans. You have a gift certificate for $30. The plan you select costs $5 per month. How many months can you purchase with the gift certificate?

You can purchase the rental plan for 6 months.

100

10=15x

x=1.5

100

An equation that is true for every possible value of the variable is a?

Identity

200

7(6-2a)=5(-3a+1)

a=-37

200

2.2+(3.8-x)

6-x

200

Cole has $15 to spend on notebooks. Each notebook costs $3.99. What is the greatest amount, that Cole can spend on notebooks?

$11.97

200

-3.2z=14

z=-0.22

200

An equation that involves two or more variables is a?

Literal Equation

300

2r-(5-r)=13+2r

r=18

300

(m+4.5)-0.5

m+4

300

In a 3-year period, a city's population decreased by 7525 to about 581,000. What was the city's population at the beginning of the 3-year period? 

589,125

300

19=r/3

r=57

300

Compares two numbers by division?

A ratio

400

8-(3+b)=b-9

g=3

400

2[2-(2-3)-2]

2

400

You have already read 117 pages of a book. You are one third of the way through the book. Write and solve an equation to find the number of pages in the book

351

400

x/-9=8

x=-72

400

A ratio of two equivalent measures in different units?

A conversion factor

500

(g+4)-3g=1+g

g=1

500

(1/2+1/3)^2

25/36

500

Uncooked rice has about 4/13 the weight of cooked rice. You want to make 6.5 lb of rice for the recipe. How many pounds of uncooked rice do you need?

21.125

500

1/2=y-3/2

y=2

500

A rate with a denominator of 1 unit is a?

Unit rate