If Jim and Jerry work together they can finish a job in 4 hours. If workingalone takes Jim 10 hours to finish the job, how many hours would it takeJerry to do the job alone?

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Q: Mary is 24 years old. Mary was twice as old as Ann was when Mary was as old as Ann is now. How old…

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Q: If 7 men can do a certain job in 12 days, how long would it take 6 men to do the same job?

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Equations and Inequations

Equations and inequalities describe the relationship between two mathematical expressions.

Linear Functions

A linear function can just be a constant, or it can be the constant multiplied with the variable like x or y. If the variables are of the form, x2, x1/2 or y2 it is not linear. The exponent over the variables should always be 1.