ALGEBRA

VERBAL PROBLEMS/ APPLICATIONS

MATH 10: COLLEGE ALGEBRA

Our discussion of verbal/word problems will
include the following:
• number problems
• age problems
• work problems
• distance – rate – time problems
• geometry problems
• investment problems
• mixture problems
• miscellaneous problems
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1. Find three consecutive integers

whose sum is 156.
2. Find four consecutive integers
whose sum is 416.
3. One number is 15 less than the
other. If their sum is 75, what is
the bigger number?

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4. A father is four times as old as his

daughter. In six years, he will be
three times as old as she is. How
old is the daughter now?
5. Johnny’s father is twice as old as
him. After twenty years, the sum
of their age will be a century. How
old is Johnny now?
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6. A purse contains equal number of 10-

peso, 5-peso and one peso coins. If the
total amount in the purse is 112, how
many coins of each kind are there?
7. In a coin purse, there are twice as many
dimes as nickels and thrice as many
quarters as nickels. If the total number
of coins is 18, how much does the coin
purse contains?

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8. A woman earns 15% more than her

husband. Together, they make a
total of 698, 750 / year. What is her
husbands annual salary?
9. During his major league career, hank
Aaron hit 41 more home-runs than
Babe Ruth did in his career. Together,
they hit 1469 home-runs. How many
home-runs did Babe Ruth hit?
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10. Find the value of x if the area of

the figure below is 144 in2.
x

6“

10”
x

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11. What quantity ofa 60% salt solution

must be mixed with a 30% salt
solution to produce a 300 mL of a
50% salt solution?
12. A merchant blends tea that sells for
$3 a pound with a tea that sells for
$2.75 a pound to produce 80 lb of a
mixture that sells for $2.90 a pound.
How many pounds of each type
should the merchant blend?
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13. A pot contains 6 L of brine at a

concentration of 120 g/L. How much
of the water must be evaporated
/boiled off to increase the
concentration to 200 g/L?
14. Candy and Tim share a paper route.
It takes Candy 70 min to deliver all
the papers, and it takes Tim 80 min.
How long will it take the two to
finish it if they work together?
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13. Stan and Hilda can mow the lawn in

40 minutes if they work together. If
Hilda work twice as fast as Stan, how
14. Harry and Ron are doing a paint job.
Harry can finish the job in two days
while Ron can finish while Ron can
finish it in 3 days. If they work
together, how long will they be able
to finish the job?

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13. Stan and Hilda can mow the lawn in

40 minutes if they work together. If
Hilda work twice as fast as Stan, how
14. Harry and Ron are doing a paint job.
Harry can finish the job in six days
while Ron can finish while Ron can
finish it in eight days. If initially Harry
worked for the first day before Ron
jumped in, how many more days will
they be able to finish the job?
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15. Two cyclists, 90 miles apart, stand riding

toward each other at the same time. One
cycles twice as fast as the other. If they
meet two hours later, what is the average
speed of each cyclist?
16. A pilot flew from Montreal to Los Angeles,
a distance of 2500 mi. On the return trip
the average speed was 25% faster than the
outbound speed. The round trip took a 9
hour 10 minute. What was the speed from
Montreal to Los Angeles?

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