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Chapter 1 1-8 Check It Out!

3. Possible answer: the cyclist travels
1-1 Exercises about 60 mi in 4 h, or 15 mi/h.
17–24. Possible answers given. There are about 5000 ft in 1 mi, so
17. the product of 5 and p; this speed is equivalent to 15(5000)
5 groups of p = 75,000
ft/h. There are about 4000 s in 1 h,
18. 4 decreased by y; the
so this is
difference of 4 and y
75,000
equivalent to _____ ≈ 20 ft/s. So
19. the sum of 3 and x; 4000
20.5 ft/s is
3 increased by x
reasonable.
20. the product of 3 and y;
3 times y
21. negative 3 times s; the product of
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negative 3
and s 1
44. _ x + 3 = 17 - 3x; x = 4
22. the quotient of r and 5; one-fifth r 2
23. 14 decreased by t; the difference of 45. 2(x - 4) = x - 5; x = 3
14 and t
24. the sum of x and 0.5; x increased by
0.5
33. 2x; possible answer: Jim has twice
as many aunts as Carly, who has x
aunts.
34. 17 - b; possible
answer: Sarah started
with 17 apples, but lost b of them.
35. y + 10; possible answer: April had y
CDs and then got 10 more.

1-2 Exercises
64a. Possible answer: the fire should
cover twice as much area in 2 days
as it does in 1, so multiply 2 by
1000 and the answer is 2000.

1-6 Exercises
34c.
Extinguishing the Wildfire

400

300
Acres

(5, 300)
(4, 240)
200
(3, 180)
100 (2, 120)
(1, 60)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Days

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