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Algebra Applied Problems Solutions

The document presents a series of applied math problems related to various real-life scenarios, including calculating averages, gross pay, cost recovery, ticket sales, interest rates, glucose solution preparation, and rates of movement. Each problem is designed to enhance algebraic skills and problem-solving abilities. The problems are sourced from a textbook and cover a range of topics suitable for students in an algebra course.

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Algebra Applied Problems Solutions

The document presents a series of applied math problems related to various real-life scenarios, including calculating averages, gross pay, cost recovery, ticket sales, interest rates, glucose solution preparation, and rates of movement. Each problem is designed to enhance algebraic skills and problem-solving abilities. The problems are sourced from a textbook and cover a range of topics suitable for students in an algebra course.

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2.

2 Applied Problems
1. A student in an algebra course has test
scores of 75, 82, 71, and 84. What score
on the next test will raise the student’s
average to 80? (Textbook: p. 77, no. 1)
2. A worker’s take-home pay is $492,
after deductions totaling 40% of the
gross pay have been subtracted. What is
the gross pay? (Textbook: p. 77, no. 3)
2.2 Applied Problems
3. The cost of installing insulation in a particular
two-bedroom home is $2400. Present monthly
heating costs average $200, but the insulation is
expected to reduce heating costs by 10%. How
many months will it take to recover the cost of
insulation? (Textbook: p. 77, no. 7)
4. Six hundred people attended the premiere of a
motion picture. Adults tickets cost $9, and
children were admitted for $6. If box office
receipts totaled $4800, how many children
attended the premiere?
(Textbook: p. 77, no. 11)
2.2 Applied Problems
5. An algebra student has won $100,000 in a
lottery and wishes to deposit it in savings
accounts in two financial institutions. One
account pays 8% simple interest, but deposits
are insured only to $50,000. The second
account pays 6.4% simple interest, and
deposits are insured up to $100,000.
Determine whether the money can be
deposited so that it is fully insured and earns
annual interest of $7500.
(Textbook: p. 77, no. 9)
2.2 Applied Problems
6. In a certain medical test designed to
measure carbohydrate tolerance, an adult
drinks 7 ounces of a 30% glucose
solution. When test is administered to a
child, the glucose concentration must be
decreased to 20%. How much 30%
glucose solution and how much water
should be used to prepare 7 ounces of
20% glucose solution?
(Textbook: p. 77, no. 13)
2.2 Applied Problems
7. Two children, who are 224 meters apart,
start walking toward each other at the
same instant at rates of 1.5 m/sec and 2
m/sec, respectively. (Textbook: p. 77, no. 17)
a. When will they meet?
b. How far will each have walked?

8. Alice is 10 years older than her brother Alex.


In 5 years, she will be twice as old as her
brother. Find the present ages of each.
2.2 Applied Problems
9. A boy can row a boat at a constant rate
of 5 mi/hr in still water. He rows
upstream for 15 minutes and then rows
downstream, returning to his starting
point in another 12 minutes.
(Textbook: p. 77, no. 21)
a. Find the rate of the current.
b. Find the total distance traveled.
2.2 Applied Problems
10. Two pumps are available for filling a
gasoline storage tank. Pump A, used alone,
can fill the tank in 3 hours, and pump B,
used alone, can fill it in 4 hours. If both
pumps are used simultaneously, how long
will it take to fill the tank? (Textbook: p. 76,
example)
11. Cory alone can finish typing a manuscript in
10 days. Cory and Imelda working together
can do the job in 7 days. How long would it
take Imelda to do the job alone?

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