Question

Is anyone good at Algebraic Word problems?

Answer 1

oh yeaaaaah!

Answer 2

what do u need help on?

Answer 3

Shoot out the question

Answer 4

Ok, I have about 5 questions, but heres the 1st one.

Maya and Sally were the two finalists in a singing competition. The person with the most votes from the audience was chosen as the winner. Sally received 25% of the total votes and lost by 62,500 votes. No person in the audience was allowed to vote more than once. The equation below represents this situation, where y is the total number of votes cast and x is the number of votes Maya received.

x - 62,500 = 0.25y

If a total of 125,000 people voted, how many votes did Maya receive?

Answer 5

I'm thinking it's 250,000, but I'm not sure. :)

Answer 6

x - 62,500 = 0.25y; If a total of 125,000 people voted, how many votes did Maya receive?

x = Maya, y = total, = 125,000
x - 62500 = 0.25(125,000) = 31,250
x - 62500 = 31,250
x = 62500 + 31250 = 93,750 votes for Maya

Answer 7

x = Maya, y = total, = 125,000
x - 62500 = 0.25(125,000) = 31,250
x - 62500 = 31,250
x = 62500 + 31250 = 93,750 votes for Maya

Answer 8

x = Maya, y = total, = 125,000
x - 62500 = 0.25(125,000) = 31,250
x - 62500 = 31,250
x = 62500 + 31250 = 93,750 votes for Maya

Answer 9

Okay, thanks for help on that one!

Coach Johnson is 10 years older than Tim. When Tim started football 3 years ago, Coach Johnson was twice his age. How old is Tim now?

Answer 10

LOL everyone copied it from yahoo

Answer 11

actually i saw the pattern forming and didnt want to break the chain, so i copied it from @kathy0514

Answer 12

C = coach; T = Tim
C = T + 10;
C-3 = 2(T-3), so C = 2T - 6 + 3 = 2t - 3
2t - 3 = t + 10
t = 13, Tim's age now, so coach is 23; three years ago they were 10 & 20

Answer 13

I think it might be 23 but I'm prob wrong

Answer 14

Lmao @Jack3

Answer 15

I probably know your next question and i have the answer

Answer 16

@UditKulka I don't get what you mean. Would the answer be 13?

Answer 17

yes sry 13

Answer 18

Thank you.

The sum of three consecutive integers is 267. What is the largest integer?

Answer 19

a + b + c = 267 Since they are consecutive, b = a + 1, c = a + 2. Substitute
a + a+1 + a+2 = 267
3a + 3 = 267
3a = 264
a = 88, b = 89, c = 90

Answer 20

So 90

Answer 21

A store offers a 15% discount on all items in the store during a sale. All store employees get an additional 10% employee discount. In the equation below, C represents the cost of an item for an employee including tax, and x represents the original price of the item.

C = 0.765x + 0.06(0.765x)

Chris is an employee at the store. He plans to buy a coat during the sale. The price of the coat before the discount is $100. How much will Chris pay for the coat during the sale?

Ur next question??

Answer 22

Let the integers be x + (x+1) + (x + 2)

x + (x+1) + (x + 2) = 267

3x + 3 = 267
3x = 264
x = 88

88+89+90=267

Largest integer=90

Another method

267/3 = 89

It's the average,so it has to be the middle one.

Thus 89, then I took 89 - 1 = 88 and 89 + 1 = 90 and just put them in order.

88+89+90=267

Largest integer=90

Answer 23

The table below shows the fees to check bags on a certain airline.

A 2-column table with 'Type of Bag' and 'Fee per Bag' as the column headings. The first checked bag costs $20, the second checked bag costs $25, and extra bags cost $50 each

If x represents the total number of bags a person checks and each person checks more than two bags, the equation below can be used to determine C, the total fee for all the bags.

20 + 25 + 50(x - 2) = C

Arianna paid a total of $145 to check all her bags on a flight. How many bags did she check in all?

Answer 24

You have: 20 + 25 + 50(x - 2) = C, and C = 145
So: 20 + 25 + 50(x - 2) = 145
45 + 50x - 100 = 145
50x = 200
x = 4
She checked in 4 bags :)

Answer 25

You have: 20 + 25 + 50(x - 2) = C, and C = 145
So: 20 + 25 + 50(x - 2) = 145
45 + 50x - 100 = 145
50x = 200
x = 4
She checked in 4 bags :)

Answer 26

lol

Answer 27

@kathy0514 u copied it from yahooo right lollllllllll

Answer 28

@UditKulka , @kathy0514 Thank you for both of your answers!

Answer 29

@UditKulka I doubt she did, she's a freaking math genius

Answer 30

Hey It was indeed tiring typing out the answers but i love helping people

Answer 31

what did u get on the quiz?

Answer 32

A store offers a 15% discount on all items in the store during a sale. All store employees get an additional 10% employee discount. In the equation below, C represents the cost of an item for an employee including tax, and x represents the original price of the item.

C = 0.765x + 0.06(0.765x)

Chris is an employee at the store. He plans to buy a coat during the sale. The price of the coat before the discount is $100. How much will Chris pay for the coat during the sale?

I think its $81.09

Answer 33

@kathy0514 What quiz?

Answer 34

that wasn't a quiz?

Answer 35

C=.765*100+.0435*100
C=76.50+4.35
C=$80.85 IS THE DISCOUNTED PRICE.

Answer 36

C=.765×100+.06(.765×100)

C=76.5+.06×76.5
then a calculator would work, or you can be fancy and rewrite this as
C=(1.06)×76.5

Answer 37

Lol part of it was, but I haven't turned it in for my teacher yet.

@kathy0514 so are you getting an answer of 81.09 too?

Answer 38

yes lol

Answer 39

Lol okay thanks :)

Answer 40

any other questions?

Answer 41

Probably we know the questions

Answer 42

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Answer 43

nope... I got a 60% on it.

Answer 44

Maya and Sally were the two finalists in a singing competition. The person with the most votes from the audience was chosen as the winner. Sally received 25% of the total votes and lost by 62,500 votes. No person in the audience was allowed to vote more than once. The equation below represents this situation, where y is the total number of votes cast and x is the number of votes Maya received.

x - 62,500 = 0.25y

If a total of 125,000 people voted, how many votes did Maya receive?


A store offers a 15% discount on all items in the store during a sale. All store employees get an additional 10% employee discount. In the equation below, C represents the cost of an item for an employee including tax, and x represents the original price of the item.

C = 0.765x + 0.06(0.765x)

Chris is an employee at the store. He plans to buy a coat during the sale. The price of the coat before the discount is $100. How much will Chris pay for the coat during the sale?

Were wrong

Answer 45

all of those?

Answer 46

just those 2

Answer 47

@UditKulka I guess yahooanswers isn't that good after all

Answer 48

LOL

Answer 49

plug the information they give you into the equation

so for the first one plug in 125,000 for y and solve for x

for the second one plug in 100 for x and solve for C

Hope I helped!

Answer 50

C = 0.765(100) + 0.06[0.765(100)]
C = 76.5 + 0.06(76.5)
C = 76.5 + 4.59
C = 81.09

Answer 51

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