Mrs. Pound did not want the kids to eat too fast, so she broke each donut into halves. She ate one of the half-donuts, and then she shared the rest with the 9 boys and 7 girls that were present in class. Peter is a boy in Mrs. Pound's class and loves donuts. But since he has to share, how many half donuts will he get?

Mrs. Pound did not want the kids to eat too fast, so she broke each donut into halves. She ate one of the half-donuts, and then she shared the rest with the 9 boys and 7 girls that were present in class. Peter is a boy in Mrs. Pound's class and loves donuts. But since he has to share, how many half donuts will he get?

Intermediate Algebra

19th Edition

ISBN:9780998625720

Author:Lynn Marecek

Publisher:Lynn Marecek

Chapter9: Quadratic Equations And Functions

Section9.5: Solve Applications Of Quadratic Equations

Problem 9.82TI: Erlinda is having a party and wants to fill her hot tub. If she only uses the red hose it takes 3...

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

Malik is planning a 6-day summer vacation trip. He has $840 in savings, and he earns $45 per hour for tutoring. The trip will cost him $525 for airfare, $780 for food and sightseeing, and $95 per night for the hotel. How many hours must he tutor to have enough money to pay for the trip?
A crime-scene investigator has 3.4 ounces of a sample. He needs to conduct four tests that each require 0.6 ounces of the sample, and one test that requires 0.8 ounces of the sample. How much of the sample remains after he uses it for the five tests?
Erlinda is having a party and wants to fill her hot tub. If she only uses the red hose it takes 3 hours more than if she only uses the green hose. If she uses both hoses together, the hot tub fills in 2 hours. How long does it take for each hose to fill the hot tub?
Bonita has $2.95 in dimes and quarters in her pocket, If she has 5 more dimes than quarters, how many of each coin does she have?
Three coworkers work for the same employer. Their jobs are warehouse manager, office manager, and truck driver. The sum of the annual salaries of the warehouse manager and office manager is $82,000. The office manager makes $4,000 more than the truck driver annually. The annual salaries of the warehouse manager and the truck driver total $78,000. What is the annual salary of each of the co-workers?
Josephine can correct her students test papers in 5 hours, but if her teacher’s assistant helps, it would take them 3 hours. How long would it take the assistant to do it alone?
A ladder has 15 tapered rungs, the lengths of which increase by a common difference. The first rung is 5 inches long, and the last rung is 20 inches long. What is the sum of the lengths of the rungs?
Becca wants to mix fruit juice and soda to make a punch. She can buy fruit juice for $3 a gallon and soda for $4 a gallon. If she wants to make 28 gallons of punch at a cost of $3.25 a gallon, how many gallons of fruit juice and how many gallons of soda should she buy?
Kenneth currently sells suits for company A at a salary of $22,000 plus a $10 commission for each suit sold. Company B offers him a position with a salary of $28,000 plus a $4 commission for each suit sold. How many suits would Kenneth need to sell for the options to be equal?