System of equations - practice problems - page 3 of 107
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- A boat 4
A boat travels 25 km upstream in 5 hours and 25 km downstream in 2.5 hours. If the boat increased its speed by 3 km/h, it would take 1 hour less to travel the downstream distance. Find the speed of the stream.
- A boat 3
A boat takes 1 hour longer to go 36 km up a river than to return. If the river flows at 3 km/h, find the rate at which the boat travels in still water.
- Of three
Of three positive numbers the product of the first and second is 42, second and third is 56 and that of third and first is 48. Find the third number.
- Split 207
Split number 207 into three parts such that these are in the arithmetic progression (AP) and the product of two smaller parts is 4623.
- Numerators and denominators 2
A fraction becomes 2 when 1 is added to both the numerator and denominator and it becomes 3 when 1 is subtracted from both numerator and denominator. Find the difference of numerator and denominator.
- Three workers
Three people - A, B, C . A and B can do a piece of work in 18 days, B and C can do it in 24 days, A and C can do it in 36 days.In how many days B alone can finish the work?
- Stocks and bonds
Mr. Cash invested $80000 in various stocks and bonds. He earned a 7% dividend on his stocks and 5% interest on his bonds, for a one year profit (both stocks and bonds) of $4,900. How much did Mr. cash invest in bonds?
- Work men and women
Two men and 1 woman can do a piece of work in 14 days, while 4 women and 2 men can do the same work in 8 days. If a man get 90 euros/day, what should be the wages/day of a woman?
- Two workers 10
Worker P can do a work 3 times faster than Q and therefore takes 40 days less than Q.Find the time in which P and Q can complete the work individually.
- Solve 28
Solve the following system of linear equations: x + 2y - z = -1 3x + 8y+ 2z = 28 4x + 9y + z =14
- My grandfather
My grandfather was 8 times older to me 16 years ago. He would be 3 times of my age 8 years from now. What was the ratio of our ages 8 years ago?
- LS and y-axis intersection
In what ratio is the line segment joining P (5, 3) and Q (–5, 3) divided by the y-axis? Also, find the coordinates of the intersection point.
- Three Numbers GP
The sum of three Numbers in geometric progression (GP) is 38, and their product is 1728. Find the Numbers.
- The library
A certain number of people agreed to contribute equally to buy books worth $12000 for a school library. Five people pulled out, so others agreed to contribute an extra $100 each. Their contribution enabled them to buy books worth $ 2000 more than they ori
- Ann and Susan
The difference between the present ages of Ann and Susan is 6 years. After 4 years ratio will be 3:4. What can be the present age of Susan?
- The common difference
Find the common difference of an arithmetic progression (AP), whose 1st term is 5 and the sum of its 1st 4 terms is half the sum of the next four terms.
- Billy 2
Billy has 3/4 of the money Derek has, and Derek has 7/9 of the Jason has. If they have a total of $680. How much does each person has?
- Walker
Walker A takes 3 hours more than B in walking 30 km. If A doubles his speed, he will take 2 h less than walker B. Find the speeds of walkers A and B .
- Number 77
Find a number which is as much greater than 31 as it is less than 77. Many failed to do it!
- Milk mixture
In a container, milk and water are 7:5. If 15 L water is added, the ratio becomes 7:8. Find the quantity of water in the new mixture.
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