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Review MODULE: - MATHEMATICS (Algebra-Worded Problems)

This document provides contact information for tutoring services in mathematics, specifically algebra word problems. It then lists several sample mathematics problems covering various topics: work problems, geometric progressions, mixtures, variations, arithmetic progressions, and more. Subject areas covered include algebra, geometry, rates, proportions, sequences and series.

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Review MODULE: - MATHEMATICS (Algebra-Worded Problems)

This document provides contact information for tutoring services in mathematics, specifically algebra word problems. It then lists several sample mathematics problems covering various topics: work problems, geometric progressions, mixtures, variations, arithmetic progressions, and more. Subject areas covered include algebra, geometry, rates, proportions, sequences and series.

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Review MODULE – MATHEMATICS (Algebra–Worded Problems)


~ Work Problems ~ ~ Geometric Progression ~
1. A tank is supplied by two pipes A and B and emptied by a third pipe C. If the 1. Determine x so that: x, 2x + 7, 10x – 7 will be a geometric progression.
tank is initially empty and all pipes are opened, the tank can be filled in 20 hours.
If the tank is initially full and A and C are opened, the tank can be emptied in 4 2. Insert 4 numbers between the roots of the equation x2 - 66x +128 = 0 so that
hours. If the tank is initially full and B and C are opened, the tank can be emptied they would make a geometric progression.
in 2 hours. Pipe A supplies 50 liters per minute more than B. Determine the flow
in pipe A, B, and C. 3. The sum of the numbers in arithmetical progression is 45. If 2 is added to the
first number, 3 to the second and 7 to the third, the new numbers will be in
2. Eleven men could finish the job in 15 days. Five men started the job and four geometrical progression. Find the common difference in A.P.
men were added at the beginning of the sixth day. How many days will it take
them to finish the job? 4. If one third of the air in a tank is removed by each stroke of an air pump, what
fractional part of the total air is removed in 6 strokes?
3. Six men can dig 250 ft of trench in 4 hours and 30 minutes. Three men can
backfill 80ft of the trench in 3 hours and 20 minutes. Determine time it will take 5. A ball is dropped from a height of 10 feet. Each time it hits the ground, it
15 men to dig and fill 250 ft of trench. bounces to 80% of its previous height. What is the total vertical distance
travelled?
~ Mixture Problems ~
1. A chemist of a distillery experimented on two alcohol solutions of different ~ Harmonic Progression ~
strength, 35% alcohol and 50% alcohol, respectively. How many cubic meters of 1. The 8th term of a harmonic progression is 21 and the 4th term is 6. Find the 21th
each strength must he used to produce mixture of 60 cubic meters that contain term.
40% alcohol?
The arithmetic mean of two numbers is 117 and its geometric mean is 45.
2. A tank has a capacity of 10 gallons. When it is full, it contains 15% alcohol. 2. Determine the sum of the square root of two numbers.
How many gallons must be replaced by an 80% alcohol solution to give 10 3. Determine the harmonic mean of the two numbers.
gallons of 70% solution?
3. In what ratio must a peanut costing P240.00 per kg. Be mixed with a peanut 4. A scooterist purchased petrol at the rate of $14, 15.50 and 16 per litre during
costing P340.00 per kg so that the profit of 20% is made by selling the mixture at three successive years. Determine the average price of petrol (i) if he purchased
360.00 per kg? 150, 160 and 170 litres of petrol in the respective years and (ii) if he spent $
2,200, 2,500 and 2,600 in the three years.
4. A nutritionist in a hospital is arranging special diets that consists of a
combination of three basic foods. It is important that patients on this diet consume “ALWAYS BE THE GAMECHANGER”
exactly 310 units of calcium, 190 units of iron and 250 units of vitamin each day.
The amounts of these nutrients in one-ounce food are given in the following table.
Determine the amount of food A, B, and C.
Units per Ounce Calcium Iron Vitamin A
Food A 30 10 10
Food B 10 10 30
Food C 20 20 20

~ Variations ~
1. The volume of a pyramid varies jointly as its height and the area of its base. A
pyramid with a height of 12 feet and a base with area of 23 square feet has a
volume of 92 cubic feet. Find the volume of a pyramid with a height of 17 feet
and a base with an area of 27 square feet.

2. The electrical resistance of a wire varies directly as its length and inversely as
the square of its diameter. A wire with a length of 200 inches and a diameter of
one-quarter of an inch has a resistance of 20 ohms. Find the electrical resistance
in a 500-inch wire with the same diameter.

3. In a certain department store, the salary of saleslady is partly constant and


varies as the value of her sales for the month, when the value of her sales for the
month is P10000.00, her salary for that month is P900.00. When her sales goes
up to P12000.00 her monthly salary goes up to P1000.00. What must be the
value of her sales for the month so that her salary for that month will be
P2000.00?

~ Arithmetic Progression ~
1. The 5th term of an AP is 17/6 and the 9th term is 25/6. What is the 12th term?

2. An Arithmetic Progression has 23 terms, the sum of the middle three terms of
this arithmetic progression is 720, and the sum of the last three terms of this
Arithmetic Progression is 1320. What is the 18th term of this Arithmetic
Progression?

3. The sum of three numbers in Arithmetic Progression is 72 and their product is


11880. What are the numbers?

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