2,101 Answered Questions for the topic Word Problems

06/03/22

The height, h meters, of a batter baseball as a function of the time, t seconds, since the ball was hit can be modelled by the function h = -2.1(t-2.4)²+13. Read description
How many seconds after it was hit did the ball hit the ground, to the nearest tenth of a second?
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05/19/22

How do I state the height of the equation h= -4.9t^2 +Vo +Ho in vertex form and how do I determine the initial velocity?
Mrs. Varga is placed in a human cannon her flight path is modelled by h= -4.9t^2 +Vo +Ho, where Vo is the initial velocity and Ho is the initial height. She reached a maximum height of 70m after 2... more
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Word Problems Calculus

04/06/22

I don’t understand this question about finding the dimensions of a fenced piece of land. What are the steps to do this?
A rectangular piece of land is to be fenced in using two kinds of fencing. Two opposite sides will be fenced using standard fencing that costs $6/m, while the other two sides will require... more
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Word Problems Calculus

04/06/22

Could someone help me with this max revenue question? I keep getting the wrong answer and I don’t know why
A bus service carries 10,000 people daily between Cybervelle and Steeptown, and the company has space to serve up to 15,000 people per day. The cost to ride the bus is $20. Market research shows... more
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04/06/22

twice a number added with thrice another number is 21. find the numbers if the difference between them is 3.
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Word Problems Calculus

04/06/22

a box with a square base and open top must have a volume of 4000cm^3. What dimensions of the box would minimize the amount of material used?
I get that you need to find the derivative of something to get the minimum value, but how do you get that original equation? and then what do you do after getting the derivative of it?
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Word Problems Calculus

04/06/22

a wire of length (L) is divided into 2 parts. One forms a circle and the other forms a square. How should the wire be cut so the total area is a minimum?
what are the steps to do this? the answer is x= 4L / 4+pi
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Word Problems Math Business Algebra 2

04/04/22

Investment: You earned $462 after 1 year by investing $11,400 split into amount paying 2% and 3% annual interest. How much money was invested in each rate?
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Word Problems

03/11/22

Olivia can clean the house in 3 hours, while Harry can clean the house in 8 hours. If they work together, how long, in hours, will it take Olivia and Harry to clean the house?
Round to two decimal places if necessary.
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Word Problems

02/23/22

The product of 7 and a​ number, increased by 61​, is equivalent to the product of 10 and the sum of the number and 4. Find the number
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Word Problems Algebra 1 Algebra 2

01/31/22

How to solve this?
Chas and Ben stop to get funnel cakes and their costs follow a linear model. Chas buys a 3 topping funnel cake that costs $10.85 while Ben can't resist a 7 topping funnel cake that cost $13.65. How... more
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01/28/22

Unsolvable 8th Grade Question
In a multinational company that employs Indians, Turks, Chinese, Germans and Australians, the Indians are one less than one-third the number of germans and three less than half the numbers of... more
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Word Problems Math Geometry Quadratics

01/17/22

HELP WITH QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
A rectangular lawn has a legnth that is 2m longer than the width. the area of the lawn is 8m^2. What is the quadratic equation?
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Word Problems Algebra 1

11/29/21

A number equals two more than another. A number plus twice another is 11. Find the numbers.
This is the last problem im stuck on and math and could use the help
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Word Problems Algebra 1

11/29/21

six times a number equals another while their sum is 28
what are the numbers im in math and completely forgot how to do this
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Word Problems Math Scale Drawings

11/18/21

My math question is very hard please help. I don't understand this
Zeke made a scale drawing of the elementary school. The schoolyard is 120 millimeters long in the drawing. The actual schoolyard is 160 meters long. What scale did Zeke use?3 millimeters... more
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Word Problems Mathematics

10/28/21

The width of a rectangle is 4 meters less than its length. If the area of the rectangle is 375sqm, what are the measurements of its length and width?
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Word Problems Algebra 1

10/14/21

Three times a certain number added to 14 is the same when 2 times the number is subtracted from 6. What is the number
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Word Problems

10/04/21

If twice a number, added to 3 is divided by the number plus 8, the result is seven fourths. Find the number
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Word Problems Algebra

10/03/21

You need 210 mL of a 55% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 70% alcohol mixture. How much of the 70% alcohol mixture and pure water will you need to obtain the desired solution?
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09/25/21

A teacher wants to give each student in her class some candy...
She wants everyone to get an equal number of pieces. The teacher has fewer than 85 pieces of candy. If she arranges the pieces in groups of 2,3, or 4 for each student, she will have 1 piece left... more
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Word Problems Algebra 1

09/22/21

A rectangle has a perimeter of 296 feet.

A rectangle has a perimeter of 296 feet. It’s length is four feet longer than three times it’s width. if L stands for the length of the rectangle and W stands for its width, write a system of... more
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Word Problems Fractions Addition

09/07/21

How Do You Add Mixed Numbers?
Millie used 4 5/8 bags of dirt in one garden and 9 1/8 bags of dirt in another garden. What is the total number of bags Millie used?
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Word Problems Math

08/24/21

Math! Please solve this promblem for me!!
I am a 4 digit number. I am odd I am greater than 2000, but less than 2500 My tens place digit is 3 times bigger than my hundreds place digit The sum of my digits is 13 My ones place digit is... more
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Word Problems Algebra 2

07/29/21

#6. The formula for the surface area of a sphere is A=4πr2. Which equation correctly solves the equation for r?
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