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Systems Situations (pp. 2 of 3)
Algebra 2
HS Mathematics
Unit: 05 Lesson: 01
5. Golf. To play golf at Blackhawk Range, golfers must first pay a $75 membership fee, and must
still pay $7 for every round of golf. At the Royal Estates Country Club Course, golfers only have
to pay $5 per round, but their membership dues are $185. After how many rounds of golf would
the total amount paid by a golfer be the same at both golf courses?
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6. Discs. There are 43 discs in Josh’s entertainment center. However, some of them are music
CD’s and some of them are video DVD’s. If the number of music CD’s in Josh’s collection is 5
less than three times the number of DVD’s, how many of each type does he own?
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7. Salesman. Carmen sells cars at a dealership that pays her a monthly salary of $2500 plus a
commission of $125 for every car she sells. A competing dealership has offered her a job that
pays a greater monthly salary of $2700, but only gives $100 commission on each car sold. How
many cars would Carmen have to sell in a month to get the same pay from either dealership?
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8. Circus. There are 18 performers in Barnum’s Famous Flea Circus. However, none of them are
actually fleas—they are either spiders (with 8 legs) or bugs (with 6 legs). Mr. Barnum wants to
provide every performer with tiny new shoes for the ends of each of their many legs. If this
requires a total of 130 shoes, how many spiders and bugs are in the circus?
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