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1) There are 7 motorcycles and 6 cars in the parking lot based on the number of tires and vehicles. 2) There are 12 handshakes that can occur between 6 people if each person shakes hands with everyone else only once. 3) There are 6 different orders the baseball team could have won 2 games and lost 2 games in a series of 4 games. 4) The ages of the three teenagers are 15, 17, and 18 years old based on their product of ages being 4590. 5) The cost of the shirt is 400 based on the shirt costing 300 more than the tie and their combined cost being 500.

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Polya Question and Answer

1) There are 7 motorcycles and 6 cars in the parking lot based on the number of tires and vehicles. 2) There are 12 handshakes that can occur between 6 people if each person shakes hands with everyone else only once. 3) There are 6 different orders the baseball team could have won 2 games and lost 2 games in a series of 4 games. 4) The ages of the three teenagers are 15, 17, and 18 years old based on their product of ages being 4590. 5) The cost of the shirt is 400 based on the shirt costing 300 more than the tie and their combined cost being 500.

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Solve the following problems applying the Polya’ 4-step rule.

1. A parking lot has motorcycles and cars. How many motorcycles and cars are there in
a parking lot with 13 vehicles and 40 tires?
x+2(13-x)40
4x+26-2x=40
4x-2x=40-26
2x=14
x=7
7x4=28
2x+4(13-x)=40
2x+52-4x=40
2x-4x=40-52
-2x=-12
x=6
Answer: 6motorcycles and 7cars
2. If 2 persons handshake only once with everyone else, how many handshakes occur in
6 people?
1/2(6x5)=15
15-3= 12
6people = 12handshakes
3. A baseball team won 2 out of their last 4 games. In how many different orders could
they have 2 wins and 2 losses in four games.
n! /x!y! (where x is wins and y is the losses)
4! /2!2!
24/4= 6
Therefore, There are 6 orders the baseball team could have 2wins and 2 losses for the 4
games.
4. The product of ages in years of three teenagers is 4590. None of the teens are of the
same age. What are the ages of the teenagers? (assuming the ages of a teenager ranges
from 13 to 19)
4590/15/18 = 17
15x17x18=4590
Therefore, Their ages are 15,17 and 18.
5. A shirt and a tie together cost P 500. The shirt cost P 300 more than the tie. What is
the cost of a shirt?
X+Y=500 (Let X=Shirt ,Y=Tie)
300+2y=500
Y=100
X=500-100
X=400
The shirt cost 400 while the tie cost 100.

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