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4 Applications of Linear Equations

This document provides examples of word problems involving linear equations across different domains: number, geometry, investment, and mixture problems. Each section includes 3 sample problems showing the application of linear equations to find unknown values in practical scenarios, along with the answers. The document demonstrates how linear equations can be used to model and solve a variety of real-world problems.

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4 Applications of Linear Equations

This document provides examples of word problems involving linear equations across different domains: number, geometry, investment, and mixture problems. Each section includes 3 sample problems showing the application of linear equations to find unknown values in practical scenarios, along with the answers. The document demonstrates how linear equations can be used to model and solve a variety of real-world problems.

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APPLICATIONS OF LINEAR

EQUATIONS
NUMBER PROBLEMS
1. When 3 is multiplied by 5 less than a number, the
result is 9 less than 5 times the number. Find the
number.

Answer: 3

APPLICATIONS OF LINEAR
EQUATIONS
2. The sum of two numbers is 36. If the larger number
is divided by the smaller, the quotient is 2 and the
remainder is 3. Find the numbers.

ANSWERS:
smaller number = 11
larger number = 25

APPLICATIONS OF LINEAR
EQUATIONS
3. The sum of three numbers is 49. The second
number is three times the first number and the
third number is 6 less than the first number.

Answers: 11, 33, 5

APPLICATIONS OF LINEAR
EQUATIONS
GEOMETRY PROBLEMS
1. The perimeter of a rectangle is 54 m. The length of
the rectangle is 9 m more than twice the width.
What are the dimensions of the rectangle?

Answers: width = 6 m
length = 21 m

APPLICATIONS OF LINEAR
EQUATIONS
2. The perimeter of a triangle is 17 cm. The second is
twice the length of the first side and the third side
is 1 cm less than the three times the length of the
first side. What are the lengths of the sides of the
triangle?

Answers:
1st side = 3 cm
2nd side = 6 cm
3rd side = 8 cm

APPLICATIONS OF LINEAR
EQUATIONS
3. In a triangle, the measures of two angles are in
the ratio 7:4 and their difference is 9. Find the
number of degrees in the largest angle of the
triangle.

Answer: 147

APPLICATIONS OF LINEAR
EQUATIONS
INVESTMENT PROBLEMS
1.

Marlon has Php 6,000 invested at 5% and 6%.


How much would she have to invest at 6% so
that her total interest per year would be equal to
Php 320?

Answer: Php 2,000

APPLICATIONS OF LINEAR
EQUATIONS
2. A man divides Php 10,000 in two investments,
one at 10% an another at 30%. Find how much is
invested at each rate to that the two investments
produce the same income annually.

Answer: Php 7,500 at 10%


Php 2,500 at 30%

APPLICATIONS OF LINEAR
EQUATIONS
3. Andrew invested a total of Php18,000 part at 5%
and part at 9% annual simple interest. If his
income for one year from the 9% investment
was Php 100 less than his income from the 5%
investment, how much was invested at each
rate? (Give your answer to the nearest
hundredth.)

Answers: Php 15,857.71 at 5%


Php 2,142.29 at 9%

APPLICATIONS OF LINEAR
EQUATIONS
MIXTURE PROBLEMS
1. How many gallons of milk containing 5%
butterfat must be mixed with 90 gallons of 1%
milk to obtain 2% milk?

Answer: x = 30 gal

APPLICATIONS OF LINEAR
EQUATIONS
2.

A food chemist wants to mix some Tropical


Sensation, which contains 10% juice, with some
Berry Good, which contains 20% juice, to obtain
10 gallons of a new drink that will contain 14%
juice. How many gallons of each should be used?

Answers: Tropical Sensation = 6 gal; Berry Good = 4 gal

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