Finals Problem Set #2.

Application of Equations
Instructions: Solve the following problem using the proper solving format. Show your complete
solution, write legibly, and box your final answers. Failure to follow the instruction will have a 50%
deduction on your final score.
1. The distance from the baseline to the service line on a tennis court is 3 feet less than the distance from
the service line to the net. If the distance from the baseline to the net is 39 feet, then what is the distance
from the service line to the net?
2. If the perimeter of a rectangular room is 38 m and the length is 1 m longer than twice the width, then
what are the length and width?
3. Having finished fencing the perimeter of a triangular piece of land, Lance observed that the second side
was just 10 feet short of being twice as long as the first side, and the third side was exactly 50 feet longer
than the first side. If he used 684 feet of fencing, what are the lengths of the three sides?
4. A frame maker made a large picture frame using 10 feet of frame molding. If the length of the finished
frame was 2 feet more than the width, then what were the dimensions of the frame?
5. Cashews sell for $1.20 per quarter-pound, and Brazil nuts sell for $1.50 per quarter-pound. How many
pounds of cashews should be mixed with 20 pounds of Brazil nuts to get a mix that sells for $1.30 per
quarter-pound?
6. Dried bananas sell for $0.80 per quarter-pound, and dried apricots sell for $1.00 per quarter-pound.
How many pounds of apricots should be mixed with 10 pounds of bananas to get a mixture that sells
$0.95 per quarter-pound?
7. A mechanic has found that a car with 16-quart radiator has a 40% antifreeze mixture in the radiator. She
has on hand a 70% antifreeze solution. How much of the 40% solution would she have to replace with
70% solution to get the solution in the radiator up to 50%?
8. Joy has two solutions available in the laboratory, one with 5% alcohol and the other with 10% alcohol.
How much of each should she mix together to obtain 5 gallons of an 8% solution?
9. Bob invested some money at 5% simple interest and some money at 9% simple interest. The amount
invested at the higher rate was twice the amount invested at the lower rate. If the total interest on the
investments for one year was $920, then how much did he invest at each rate?
10. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson invested some money at 6% simple interest and some money at 10% simple
interest. In the second investment they put $1000 more than they put in the first. If the income from both
investments for 1 year was $340, then how much did they invest at each rate?
11. Danny invested some money at 3% simple interest and some money at 7% simple interest. The
amount invested at the higher rate was $3000 more than the amount invested at the lower rate. If the total
interest on the investments for one year was $810, then how much did he invest at each rate?
12. Samantha lent her brother some money at 9% simple interest and her sister one-half as much money
as 16% simple interest. If she received a total of 34 cents in interest, then how much did she lend to each
one?
13. Jerry drove for 4 hours before lunch. After lunch he drove 5 more hours and averaged 10 mph less
than he did before lunch. If his total distance was 633 miles, then what was his average speed after lunch?
14. Candy drives to class in 30 minutes. By averaging 10 mph more, her roommate Fran drives to the
same class in 20 minutes. What is Candy’s average speed?
15. Carlo drove for 3 hours in a fog, then increased his speed by 30 miles per hour (mph) and drove 6
more hours. If his total trip was 540 miles, then what was his speed in the fog?
16. Violet drives to the beach in 45 minutes. By averaging 10 mph less, her room mate Veronica drives
the same route to the beach in 54 minutes. What is Veronica’s average speed?
17. A group of coworkers are planning to share the $1000 cost of an office party. If they can get three
more people to join them in sharing the cost, then the cost per person will go down by $75. How many
workers are in the original group?
18. A group of sailors is planning to share equally the cost of a $40,000 sailboat. When two sailors
dropped out of the group, the cost per sailor increased by $1000. How many sailors were in the original
group?
19. Brenda of Horizon Travel has arranged for a group of gamblers to share $24,000 cost of a charter
flight to Las Vegas. If Brenda can get 40 more people to share the cost, the cost per person will decrease
by $100. How many people were in the original group?
20. Adventures, Inc., has a $1500 group rate an overnight rafting trip on the Colorado river. For the last
trip five people failed to show, causing the price per person to increase by $25. How many were originally
scheduled for the trip?

21. The daily revenue R achieved by selling x boxes of candy is figured to be 𝑅(𝑥) = 9.5𝑥 − 0.04𝑥 2 The
daily cost C of selling x boxes of candy is 𝐶(𝑥) = 1.25𝑥 + 250
(a) How many boxes of candy must the firm sell to maximize revenue? What is the maximum revenue?
(b) Profit is given as 𝑃(𝑥) = 𝑅(𝑥) − 𝐶(𝑥). What is the profit function?
(c) How many boxes of candy must the firm sell to maximize profit? What is the maximum profit?

22. Suppose that the manufacturer of a gas clothes dryer has found that, when the unit price is p dollars,
the revenue R (in dollars) is 𝑅(𝑝) = −4𝑝 2 + 4000𝑝. What unit price should be established for the dryer
to maximize revenue? What is the maximum revenue?

23. The monthly revenue R achieved by selling x wristwatches is figured to be 𝑅(𝑥) = 75𝑥 − 0.2𝑥 2 . The
monthly cost C of selling x wristwatches is 𝐶(𝑥) = 32𝑥 + 1750.
(a) How many wristwatches must the firm sell to maximize revenue? What is the maximum revenue?
(b) Profit is given as 𝑃(𝑥) = 𝑅(𝑥) − 𝐶(𝑥). What is the profit function?
(c) How many wristwatches must the firm sell to maximize profit? What is the maximum profit?

24. Callaway Golf Company has determined that the marginal cost C of manufacturing x Big Bertha golf
clubs may be expressed by the quadratic function 𝐶(𝑥) = 4.9𝑥 2 − 617.4𝑥 + 19,600
(a) How many clubs should be manufactured to minimize the marginal cost?
(b) At this level of production, what is the marginal cost?

25. In July 2012, Instagram announced 80 million users of its photo sharing app. In September 2015, they
announced that the number of users had reached 400 million. Find the percent increase in the number of
Instagram users during that time period. Round to the nearest percent.