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Algebra II Workbook - Wayne County Public Schools

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LESSON<br />

1.5<br />

CONTINUED<br />

EXAMPLE 2<br />

NAME _________________________________________________________ DATE ____________<br />

Practice with Examples<br />

For use with pages 33–40<br />

Guess, Check, and Revise<br />

Compact discs cost $16.99 each and cassette tapes cost $8.99 each. If the<br />

total bill equaled $78.93, how many of each were bought?<br />

SOLUTION<br />

Verbal<br />

Model<br />

<strong>Algebra</strong>ic<br />

Model<br />

Total<br />

bill<br />

<br />

Price<br />

per CD<br />

78.93 16.99c 8.99t<br />

Number<br />

of CDs<br />

Price<br />

per tape<br />

Guess different values for c and t. Substitute these values into the<br />

equation until you get both sides equal.<br />

The number of CDs was 2, 16.99 2 33.98, and the number of tapes<br />

was 5, 8.99 5 44.95, for a total bill of $33.98 $44.95 $78.93.<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

Number<br />

of tapes<br />

Chapter 1<br />

Exercises for Example 2<br />

3. A farmer has 64 yards of fencing and wants to create a rectangular<br />

enclosure for his animals. What is the enclosure with the greatest<br />

area?<br />

4. A cylindrical swimming pool 5 feet in depth needs approximately<br />

2292 gallons of water to be full. To the nearest tenth, what is the<br />

radius of the pool?<br />

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Practice <strong>Workbook</strong> with Examples

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