word problem

The United States Department of Agriculture reports that 18% of Americans are now on food stamps. If there are 250,000,000 Americans, how many are on food stamps? Since 18% is 0.18, we have: 250,000 * 0.18 = 45,000

2 movie tickets and 3 snacks are $24. 3 movie tickets and 4 snacks are $35. How much is a movie ticket and how much is a snack? Let a movie ticket cost be m, and a snack cost be s. We have: 2m + 3s = 24.3 3m + 4s = 35 Using the simultaneous equations calculator, we get: m = $7.8 s = $2.9

Brendan sells roses for $7.99 a bunch. at the end of the day he had collected $79.90. How many bunches did he sell? $79.90 / $7.99 = 10 bunches

The perimeter of a rectangle is 400 meters. The length is 15 meters less than 4 times the width. Find the length and the width of the rectangle. l = 4w - 15 Perimeter = 2l + 2w Substitute, we get: 400 = 2(4w - 15) + 2w 400 = 8w - 30 + 2w 10w - 30 = 400 Add 30 to each side 10w = 370 Divide...

3 cars times $9,876 for each car = $29,628