You can formulate your own equations by analyzing the given problem and its statements. You can do some illustrations so you can understand it better. Introduce some variables and the rest is algebra. For example:
An orange costs $2 while a banana costs $1.5. How many oranges and bananas do you have to buy such that the total cost would equal to $20. You bought a total of 12 fruits.
First, you have to introduce variables. Let 'x' be the number of oranges and 'y' be the number of bananas. One equation you can get from here is knowing the amount of total cost: 2x + 1.5y = 20. Then, the other equation would be knowing the amount of fruits: x+y=12. You have two unknowns and two equations. Hence, you can solve the problem. Solving them simultaneously, you would get that x=4 and y=8.
Answer:
(1,-1)
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
5.5 years old.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let D represent present age of Robert's dog and C represent present age of Karen's cat.
We have been given that Robert's dog is 4 years older than Karen's cat. We can represent this information in an equation as:
We are also told that in 3 years, the sum of the ages of Robert's dog and Karen's cat will be 13. After 3 years age of dog and cat would be 
and 
respectively.
We can represent this information in an equation as:
From equation (1), we will get:
Upon substituting this value in equation (2), we will get:
Combine like terms:
Therefore, Robert's dog is 5.5 years old right now.
$1000 dollars is how much you need to pay for the trip.
You already have $350.
$1000 - $350 = $650. So, you need to make $650 more.
$650 <span>÷ 8 = 81.25
So you final answer is: 81.25 hours.
Hope this helped you! :D
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