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Paulette has $140 in $5 and $10 bills. The number of $10 bills is one less than twice the number of $5 bills. How many of each does she have?

6 of $5 bills, 11 of $10 bills

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Lenny has $3.69 in pennies, dimes, and quarters. The number of pennies is 3 more than the number of dimes. The number of quarters is twice the number of dimes. How many of each coin does he have?

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Solve Ticket and Stamp Word Problems

In the following exercises, solve each ticket or stamp word problem.

A church luncheon made $842 . Adult tickets cost $10 each and children’s tickets cost $6 each. The number of children was 12 more than twice the number of adults. How many of each ticket were sold?

35 adults, 82 children

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Tickets for a basketball game cost $2 for students and $5 for adults. The number of students was 3 less than 10 times the number of adults. The total amount of money from ticket sales was $619 . How many of each ticket were sold?

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Ana spent $4.06 buying stamps. The number of $0.41 stamps she bought was 5 more than the number of $0.26 stamps. How many of each did she buy?

3 of 26 -cent stamps, 8 of 41 -cent stamps

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Yumi spent $34.15 buying stamps. The number of $0.56 stamps she bought was 10 less than 4 times the number of $0.41 stamps. How many of each did she buy?

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Use Properties of Angles, Triangles, and the Pythagorean Theorem

Use Properties of Angles

In the following exercises, solve using properties of angles.

What is the supplement of a 48° angle?

132°

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What is the complement of a 61° angle?

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Two angles are complementary. The smaller angle is 24° less than the larger angle. Find the measures of both angles.

33°, 57°

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Two angles are supplementary. The larger angle is 45° more than the smaller angle. Find the measures of both angles.

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Use Properties of Triangles

In the following exercises, solve using properties of triangles.

The measures of two angles of a triangle are 22 and 85 degrees. Find the measure of the third angle.

73°

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One angle of a right triangle measures 41.5 degrees. What is the measure of the other small angle?

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One angle of a triangle is 30° more than the smallest angle. The largest angle is the sum of the other angles. Find the measures of all three angles.

30°, 60°, 90°

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One angle of a triangle is twice the measure of the smallest angle. The third angle is 60° more than the measure of the smallest angle. Find the measures of all three angles.

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In the following exercises, Δ A B C is similar to Δ X Y Z . Find the length of the indicated side.

Two triangles are shown. Triangle ABC is on the left. The side across from A is labeled 21, across from B is b, and across from C is 11.2. Triangle XYZ is on the right. The side across from X is labeled x, across from Y is 10, and across from Z is 8.

Use the Pythagorean Theorem

In the following exercises, use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the missing side. Round to the nearest tenth, if necessary.

In the following exercises, solve. Approximate to the nearest tenth, if necessary.

Sergio needs to attach a wire to hold the antenna to the roof of his house, as shown in the figure. The antenna is 8 feet tall and Sergio has 10 feet of wire. How far from the base of the antenna can he attach the wire?

An image of a house is shown. A 10-foot wire is going from the roof of the house to the ground. The wire hits the house at a height of 8 feet.

6 feet

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Seong is building shelving in his garage. The shelves are 36 inches wide and 15 inches tall. He wants to put a diagonal brace across the back to stabilize the shelves, as shown. How long should the brace be?

A rectangular shelf is shown, with a diagonal drawn in from the lower left corner to the upper right corner. The side is labeled 15 inches, the top is labeled 36 inches.
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Source:  OpenStax, Prealgebra. OpenStax CNX. Jul 15, 2016 Download for free at http://legacy.cnx.org/content/col11756/1.9
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