Equation - math word problems

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  • Two cities
    cyclist_37 The distance between cities A and B is 132 km. At 9.00 am, the cyclist started the bike at an average speed of 24 km/h, and at 10.00 h started from the B cyclist at an average speed of 30 km/h. How long and far from A will they both meet?
  • Ten cashiers
    pokladna Ten cashiers are open at Tesco. Customers wait an average of 15 minutes. How many other cashiers have to open to reduce the waiting time by 4 minutes?
  • Difference AP 4
    sequence_geo_1 Calculate the difference of the AP if a1 = 0.5, a2 + a3 = -1.1
  • Fruits
    jablka_15 Amy bought a basket of fruits 1/5 of them were apples,1/4 were oranges, and the rest were 33 bananas. How many fruits did she buy in all?
  • Water temperatures
    water2 To 25 liters of water at 50 °C we add 15 liters of water at a different temperature. How many °C should the water be colder than 50 °C so that 40 liters of the water obtained has a temperature 42.5 °C?
  • Isosceles triangle 9
    iso_triangle Given an isosceles triangle ABC where AB= AC. The perimeter is 64cm and altitude is 24cm. Find the area of the isosceles triangle
  • Complementary angles 2
    complementary_angles Two complementary angles are (x+4) and (2x - 7) find the value of x
  • Comparing salaries
    eura_5 Spouses compared salaries. Mrs. Janka found that a 20% higher salary than Mr Jaroslav. Together earned € 1,430. How much they earn each of them?
  • Intercept with axis
    log_10 F(x)=log(x+4)-2, what is the x intercept
  • Cows
    cow_3 Agricultural cooperative has increased the number of housed cows by 14% to 285 units. By how many cows increased agricultural cooperative the number of cows?
  • Scratches
    los The ticket seller sold 1,280 scratch cards in three days. On the second day, he sold 90 tickets less than on the first day, on the third day he sold 1.5 times more tickets than on the second day. How many tickets did he sell on the third day?
  • Tickets 4
    cinema2_13 Stacey is selling tickets to the school play. The tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for children. She sells twice as many adult tickets as children's tickets and brings in a total of $342. How many of each kind of ticket did she sell?
  • Temperature 2
    teplomer_4 Sunday's high temperature was 3 degrees higher than Saturday's. On Monday, the temperature fell 5 degrees, then rose 7 degrees on Tuesday and 4 more on Wednesday. Then it fell 17 degrees to a record low of 31 on Thursday. What was the temperature on Satur
  • Touch x-axis
    touch_circle Find the equations of circles that pass through points A (-2; 4) and B (0; 2) and touch the x-axis.
  • Father and son
    family_17 Father is 48 years old, son 23. When will be the father twice older than a son?
  • Unknown number xyz
    numbs_1 Find the number that its triple is 24. Solve by equation.
  • Simple equation 2
    eq222 Find X in this simple equation: X/9 = 96/108
  • Crown coins
    coins_1 Jana saves two-crown and five-crown coins. She has ten coins in the cashier. How many two crowns and how many five crowns shw have if she saved 29 crowns?
  • Rectangular triangle
    rt_triangle_2 The lengths of the rectangular triangle sides with a longer leg 12 cm form an arithmetic sequence. What is the area of the triangle?
  • Chewing gums
    zubna-pasta_1 For 3 chewing gums, you will pay 20 CZK less than 7 chewing gums. How much is 1 chewing gum and how much does a 5pcs package cost?

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