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LESSON 3-7 TUNE-UP EXERCISES

Multiple-Choice
1. If 2x − 3y = 11 and 3x + 15 = 0, what is the value of y?
(A) −7
(B) −5
(C)

(D) 3

2. If 2a = 3b and 4a + b = 21, then b =


(A) 1
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 7

3. If 2p + q = 11 and p + 2q = 13, then p + q =


(A) 6
(B) 8
(C) 9
(D) 12

4. Which equivalent equation could be used to solve the system of equations above?

5. If x − y = 3 and x + y = 5, what is the value of y?


(A) −4
(B) −2
(C) −1
(D) 1

6. If 5x + y = 19 and x − 3y = 7, then x + y =
(A) −4
(B) −1
(C) 3
(D) 4

7. If x − 9 = 2y and x + 3 = 5y, what is the value of x?


(A) −2
(B) 4
(C) 11
(D) 17

8. If

(A)

(B)

(C) 2
(D) 4

9. If 5a + 3b = 35 and , what is the value of a?

(A)

(B)

(C) 5
(D) 7

10. If = 4, and x = 36, what is the value of w?

(A)

(B)

(C) 2
(D) 4
11. If 4r + 7s = 23 and r − 2s = 17 then 3r + 3s =
(A) 8
(B) 24
(C) 32
(D) 40

12. If = 3 and rp − rq = 12, then r =

(A) −1
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 4

13. If (a + b)2 = 9 and (a − b)2 = 49, what is the value of a 2 + b 2 ?


(A) 17
(B) 20
(C) 29
(D) 58

3x − y = 8 − x
6x + 4y = 2y − 9
14. For the system of equations above, what is the value of the product xy?
(A) –3
(B) –2
(C) 2
(D) 3

15. If 3x + y = c and x + y = b, what is the value of x in terms of c and b?

16. If a + b = 11 and a − b = 7, then ab =


(A) 6
(B) 8
(C) 10
(D) 18

x−z=7
x+y=3
z−y=6

17. For the above system of three equations, x =


(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 8

a = 4c
c = re
a = 5e
18. For the system of equations above, if e ≠ 0, what is the value of r?

19. During the next football season, a player’s earnings, x, will be 0.005 million dollars more than those of a
teammates’ earnings, y. The two players will earn a total of 3.95 milion dollars. Which system of equations could
be used to determine the amount each player will earn, in millions of dollars?
Food Prote in Calorie s

Cereal 5g 90

Milk 8g 80

20. The table above shows the number of grams of protein and the number of calories in single servings of bran flakes
cereal and milk. How many servings of each are needed to get a total of 35 grams of protein and 470 calories?
(A) 2 servings of milk; 4 servings of cereal
(B) 2 servings of milk; 2 servings of cereal

(C) 3 servings of milk; 2 servings of cereal

(D) 2 servings of milk; 3 servings of cereal

Grid-In
1. If 5 sips + 4 gulps = 1 glass and 13 sips + 7 gulps = 2 glasses, how many sips equal a gulp?

2. When Amy exercises in her fitness center for 1 hour she burns a total of 475 calories. If she burns 9 calories a
minute jogging on the treadmill and then burns 6.5 calories a minute pedaling on the stationary bicycle, how many
minutes of the hour does she spend exercising on the bicycle?
3. John and Sara each bought the same type of pen and notebook in the school bookstore, which does not charge
sales tax. John paid $5.55 for two pens and three notebooks, and Sara paid $3.50 for one pen and two notebooks.
How much does the school bookstore charge for one notebook?

4. For the system of equations above, what is the value of r + s?

5. During its first week of business, a market sold a total of 108 apples and oranges. The second week, five times the
number of apples and three times the number of oranges were sold. A total of 452 apples and oranges were sold
during the second week. How many more apples than oranges were sold in the first week?
6. Jacob and Zachary go to the movie theater and purchase refreshments for their friends. Jacob spends a total of
$18.25 on two bags of popcorn and three drinks. Zachary spends a total of $27.50 for four bags of popcorn and
two drinks. What is the cost for purchasing one bag of popcorn and one drink?
For Questions 7 and 8 refer to the information below.

A mobile phone–based taxi service charges a base fee of $2 plus an amount per minute and an additional amount
per mile for the trip. Ariel is charged $16.94 for a ride that takes 14 minutes and travels 10 miles. Victoria is
charged $11.30 for a ride that takes 10 minutes and travels 6 miles.
7. What is the per-minute charge?

8. What would be the charge for a ride that takes 8 minutes and travels 5 miles?

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