Problem Set 1
Problem Set 1
EE 5-1
Problem set: Algebra
1. There are three consecutive integers. The sum of the first two is 35 more than the
third. Find the integers.
2. In the afternoon, Kerrie and Shelly rode their bicycles 4 miles more than three
times the distance in miles they rode in the morning on a trip to the lake. If the entire
trip was I 12 miles, how far did they ride in the morning and how far in the afternoon.
3. There were 104,830 people who attended a rock festival. If there were 8110 more
boys than girls, and 24,810 fewer adults over 50 years of age than there were girls,
how many of each group attended the festival.
4. There are two numbers whose sum is 53. Three times the smaller number is
equal to 19 more than the larger number. What are the numbers
5. How much pure alcohol must a nurse add to 10 cubic centimeters (cc) of a 60%
alcohol solution to strengthen it to a 90% alcohol solution?
6. If an alloy containing 30% silver is mixed with a 55% silver alloy to get 800 pounds
of 40% alloy, how much of each must be used?
7. Solve for x : x 1 x 1 x
3. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 34cm. Find the length of the shortest leg if it is
14 cm shorter than the other leg.
4. In the triangle ABC, angle C=70 degrees; angle A=45 degrees; AB=40m. What is the
length of the median drawn from vertex A to side BC?
619'32' '
5. The area of the triangle whose angles are 349'32' ' is 680.60. The length of the
longest side is: 84 9'32' '
6. Calculate the area of a spherical triangle whose radius is 5m and whose angles are
40,65,110 degrees.
7.The sides of a triangle ABC are AB=25cm, BC=39cm, and AC=40cm. Find its area.
8. Find the area of the triangle whose sides are 12, 16,and 21 units.
9. The diagonals of a rhombus are 10cm, and 8cm, respectively. Its area is:
10. Two sides of a triangle are 50m and 60m long. The angle included between these
side is 30 degrees. What is the interior angle(in degrees) opposite the longest side?