In 1992, the moose population in a park was measured to be 4620. By 1996, the population was measured again to be 4020. If the population continues to change linearly:
Find a formula for the moose...
A man flies a small airplane from Fargo to Bismarck, North Dakota --- a distance of 180 miles. Because he is flying into a head wind, the trip takes him 2 hours. On the way back, the wind is still...
April drove at an average speed of 40 mi/h from her home in Nashville to visit her sister in Salt Lake City. She stayed in Salt Lake City 25 hours, and on the trip back averaged 40 mi/h. She returned...
The radiator in a car is filled with a solution of 65% antifreeze and 35%t water. The manufacturer of the antifreeze suggests that for summer driving, optimal cooling of the engine is obtained with...
After robbing a bank in Dodge City, a robber gallops off at 14 mi/h. 20 minutes later, the marshall leaves to pursue the robber at 16 mi/h. How long (in hours) does it take the marshall to catch up...
Two cyclists, 144 miles apart, start riding toward each other at the same time. One cycles 3 times as fast as the other. If they meet 4 hours later, what is the speed (in mi/h) of the faster cyclist...
The flag of OverlySandy Beach always has to be in a 7 : 8 scale. If you have enough fabric to make the item have 40 millimeters as its length, what does the width of the flag need to be in millimeters...
Samuel asked his friends to guess his age. He said that if you divide his age by the only even prime number and add for the result is the least common multiple of three and five. How old is Samuel...
Henry has $15,000 to invest. He invests x dollars at 4% and the rest at 3.5%. Suppose at the end of the year Henry has $15,575. How much money did he start with in each account?
A store is about to order deluxe, standard and economy grade DVD players for next years inventory. The state of nations economy (fate) during the year will be a factor on sales for that year. Records...
Babe Didrikson holds the world record for the longest baseball throw (93.3m) by the woman. For the folowing question, assume that the ball was thrown at an angle of 50 degrees above the horizontal,...