1,964 Answered Questions for the topic Word Problems

#### student field trip

A students field trip costs $120. Eight less students were able to attend than planned. As a result the price per student increased by$0.50. How many students attended the trip?

#### WORD PROBLEM: Solve the word problem.

Steven needs to purchase enough wallpaper to cover a wall measuring 84 square feet. If the width is 5 feet more than the length, what are the dimensions of the wall?   Length:   Width:

#### Cindy baked 34 cookies with 2 scoops of flour. How many scoops of flour are needed in order for Cindy to bake 85 cookies? This is a unit rate problem.

This problem is a word problem that understanding of unit rates are needed to solve. I need help understanding them fast, as I'm out of school ( recovering from surgery) and have not been taught.

#### Tyler’s brother works in a shoe store.

A) Tyler’s brother earns a commission. He makes 2.5% of the amount he sells. Last week, he sold 9000$worth of shoes. How much was his commission?B) The store bought a pair of shoes for 50$, and... more

01/13/20

#### What does this mean by system of equations and can you write down the equations so I can see an example?

Drew is a counselor at a summer camp and need to buy prizes for the competitions at the end of the week.:There are two groups, middle school,high school, for which needs prizes:He wants to buy at... more

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11/12/19

#### A coin, thrown upward at time t=0 from an office in the Empire State Building, has height in feet above the ground t seconds later given by

h(t)=-16t^2+64t+960=-16(t-10)(t+6) at what time does the coin hit the ground?

11/12/19

#### A person is standing close to the edge on top of a 288ft building throws a baseball vertically upwards.

The quadratic function s(t)=-16t^2+48t+288 models the ball’s height above the ground, s(t), in feet, t seconds after it was thrown. How many seconds does it take for the ball to finally hit the... more

11/07/19

#### I need help with this problem please!

You are ordering t-shirts in the online store. You have to pay 8.34 dollars per t-shirt and then 13 dollars for shipping. Write a linear model that calculates the total cost of your order if you by... more

10/20/19

#### Need help with word problem please

If Tanisha has $100 to invest at 9% per annum compounded semianually, how long will it be before she has$200? Also, if the compounding is continuous, how long will it be?

10/20/19

#### Need help with word problem please

If Tanisha has $100 to invest at 9% per annum compounded semianually, how long will it be before she has$200? Also, if the compounding is continuous, how long will it be?

10/19/19

#### how do i solve this problem

A boat traveled down the Mississippi River with a steady current of 4 km/h to a casino in 2 hours and 20 minutes. Itreturned home against the same current, but the trip took one hour and 40 minutes... more

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10/13/19

#### There’s this word problem which is really hard for me because I’m really bad at word problems and this one is really hard to understand so if there is an easy solution could anyone give it to me?

Word problem: The formula for determining the pressure, p, exerted on an object at a depth, h, below the surface of a liquid is p = s + dgh, where s is the atmospheric pressure, d is the density of... more

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