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Name:___________________________________________ Alg 2/Trig – Homework 3-1 Day 2

Solve the following linear systems problems algebraically by using substitution or elimination.

1.) Mariana had a $20 gift card to an online music store. She spent the entire amount on songs and music
videos. Songs cost $1 each and videos cost $2 each. Mariana bought five more songs than music videos.
Label what each variable represents, create a system of equations to model this situation, then solve to
find how many songs and how many videos Mariana bought.

X - SongCost l
Y -
X YtS yesthy 20
Video Cost 2 5 20


1 24 20 3yt 3 153
S 3
She bought


3 4

10 Songs and
x 8

5 vide
music
2.) A candy manufacturer wishes to mix "gummi bears" and "sour patch kids" as a sales promotion for
Halloween. The "gummi bears" sell for $4.00 per pound and "sour patch kids" sell for $1.50 per pound.
The manufacturer wishes to have 2000 pounds of the mixture and sell the mixture for $2.70 per pound.
Label what each variable represents, create a system of equations to model this situation, then solve to
find how many pounds of each type needs to go into the blend.

X -
YouTmjabffseid
Y - I'IEfQg 4xttsy 2 az ooo


41000771Sy 5400
The


Manufacturer 8000
4ytisy 5400
needs to mix 960 2sy 2600
Pounds of gummi yay 4000 4040
bears

e 1040 pounds
of
sour patch kids
3.) A mail order company charges for postage and handling according to the weight of the package. A
package that weighs less than 3 pounds costs $2.00 for shipping and handling, and a package that weighs
3 pounds or more costs $3.00. An order of 12 packages had a total shipping and handling cost of $29.00.
Label what each variable represents, create a system to model this situation, then solve to find the
number of packages that weighed less than 3 pounds and the number of packages that weighed 3 pounds
or more.

X - lessthan 3 pounds Xty 12 X 42
y
Package
Y - X 12 CS
2
Package morethan 3 pounds 31 29 X
There

are 212411 4 29 7

Packages
less than 24
2yt3y 29
3 ponds es packages 24
24
morethen 3 pounds
2yt3y 5
yes
4.) A chemist needs to mix a 2% acid solution and a 10% acid solution to make a total of 600 milliliters of
a 5% acid solution. Label what each variable represents, create a system of equations to model this
situation, then solve to find how much of each solution the chemist needs to mix.

4 6001
X -
Y - mmmmoof
go 3 0.02
toy
600831
O OS 6001
6001225

0021600J to 10 30 X 3



Eigg
9 225

375mn07
the 2 Solution

and there is


225
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5.) At one company, a level I engineer receives a salary of $56,000 and a level II engineer receives a salary
of $68,000. The company has 8 total engineers. Next year, it can afford to pay a total of $472,000 for their
salaries. Label what each variable represents, create a system of equations to model this situation, then
solve to find how many of each type of engineer they can have next year.
X 8
X - y
TITE EE
Y - EYE
Yuengling 5600018
68,000 472ooo
y 8 2
y 1680004 472000
6 level

I 478000
560004168004 472000
engineers e


120009 24000
2 level 2 5212070

engineers


6.) The price of an “AIR-COOL” air conditioner is $300, and the electricity costs $20 per month to operate
it. The price of a “BELOW ZERO” air conditioner is $240, and the electricity costs $25 per month to
operate. Let X be the number of months you own the air conditioner and Y will be the total cost to run the
air conditioner. Create a system and solve to find out after how many months are the total costs of buying
and operating the air conditioners the same?
Slope intercept

7 300120 him
1 2401 25

240 25 300120
240 240
2 Sx 60120 Y

20T 20X

Sx 60 x 12
g z
Follow up: Long term, which air conditioner (AIR-COOL or BELOW ZERO) would you purchase and why?

Aircool because the is a lot lower

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