Equation - math word problems - page 59

  1. Pine's forest
    borovica There were so many pines in the forest that if they were sequentially numbered 1, 2, 3,. .. , would use three times more digits than the pine trees alone. How many pine trees were there in the forest?
  2. Two water containers
    watertank In the first container, there are 200 m3 of water and in the second 40 m3. The first container will flow down at a rate of 10 m3 water per hour. At the same time flows to the second rate of 5 m3 per hour. After how many hours there will be three times less
  3. Fraction + eq
    eq1 Solve following simple equation with fractions: -5/6(8+5b) = 75 + 5/3b
  4. Athletic club
    skola_1 All athletic club boys lined up by size. In front of Peter was one-eighth of the total. Right behind Peter stood his brother Radek and behind Radek another five-sixths of the total number of boys. Mark the unknown total number of athletic club boys x. .
  5. GP - three members
    progression_ao The second and third of a geometric progression are 24 and 12(c+1) respectively, given that the sum of the first three terms of progression is 76 determine value of c
  6. Two math problems
    coins 1) The sum of twice a number and -6 is nine more than the opposite of that number. Find the number. 2) A collection of 27 coins, all nickels, and dimes, is worth $2.10. How many of each coin are there? The dime, in United States usage, is a ten-cent coin
  7. Three members GP
    exp_growth The sum of three numbers in GP (geometric progression) is 21 and the sum of their squares is 189. Find the numbers.
  8. Equation with mixed fractions
    fractions 2 3/5 of 1430+? = 1900. How to do this problem
  9. An investment
    exp_growth2 How long will it take for an investment to double at a simple interest rate of 5.10% p. A. ? Express the answer in years and months, rounded up to the next month.
  10. Geometric progressiob
    eq2 If the sum of four consective terms of geometric progression is 80 and arithmetic mean of second and fourth term is 30 then find terms?
  11. 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.
  12. Copper sulphate
    CuSO4crystal How much g of water do we have to add to 240 g of an 84% CuSO4 solution to produce a 60% solution? (Express the mass of crystalline CuSO4 in the original solution and in the resulting solution and compare them. )
  13. Six speeds
    gears-3 A drilling machine is to have 6 speed ranging from 50 to 750 revolution per minute. If the speed forms a geometric progression, determine their values.
  14. Three altitudes
    triangle_vysky A triangle with altitudes 4; 5 and 6 cm is given. Calculate the lengths of all medians and all sides in a triangle.
  15. Eq2 2
    kardan3rd Solve following equation with quadratic members and rational function: (x2+1)/(x-4) + (x2-1)/(x+3) = 23

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