High School Math : How to do word problems where two quantities are unknown
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Example Question #1 :How To Do Word Problems Where Two Quantities Are Unknown
A farmer has
Since we are looking at a square, the formula for the area of a square is
Therefore we need to know the length of each side.
Since this is a square fence, then each of the four sides will be equal.
The amount of fence that the farmer has in the problem will become the perimeter of our square.
Since
Plug that into our original equation.
Example Question #2 :How To Do Word Problems Where Two Quantities Are Unknown
Rosie, Eileen and Sasha order a pizza. It is divided into
If there are
Since the pizza began as
Example Question #3 :How To Do Word Problems Where Two Quantities Are Unknown
A helicopter flies against the wind from city A to city B in 5 hours. The same helicopter returns from city B to city A, in the same direction as the wind, in 4 hours. Find the ratio of the speed of the helicopter to the speed of the wind.
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Simplify the equation:
Example Question #4 :How To Do Word Problems Where Two Quantities Are Unknown
Michael has
There is insufficient information to answer the question.
It really doesn't matter what
Example Question #5 :How To Do Word Problems Where Two Quantities Are Unknown
Two cars leave a city at the same time. One heads east at
Remember,
If we look at the car going west, then:
Therefore, we need to add the two distances to find the total distance between them.
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