Learning Activity 7

Work in teams. Al terminar revisen los resultados con ayuda del docente. If there are errors, check what caused it and
correct what it is necessary.

For each one of the next cases apply the sugguested steps to represent the conditiobs of the problem and answer what
is asked:

1. Carlos is 5 years older than his brother Rogelio. If x is Rogelio's age:

a) Write an expression for Carlos' age.

b) Wile an equation specilying that the age of Carlos is 38.

c) Solve the equation and find Rogelio's age.

2 Picando aneas $25 00 less per wast n his younger alder, Mantio. l x represents ,

amount that Martha obtains per week:

a) Writes an expression for the amount that Ricardo gets per week.

b) Wriles an equation specifying that Ricardo gets $1 35.00 per week.

c) Solving the equation find the amount of money that Martha receives.

3. Jaime manages a retal atore. In each sold item he gets a profit of 20% which means ha he

Sells it 1.2 times more expensive that the Price he paid flor it. It x is the amount he paid by

one item:

a) Write an expression that represents the sale price of an item.

b) What is the sell price of:

-A notebook for which he paid $5.00.

-A pencil for which he paid $9.00

- A portfolio for which he paid $140.00?

c)Find how much Jaime paid for:

d) A briefcase he sells at $108.00.

e) A marker he sells at $18.

4. The rules of a construction company say that a supervisor earns1.75 times more than a worker. If x is the worker's
salary:

a) Write an expression for the salary per day a supervisor earns.

b) Rodrigo is a worker that earns $60.00 daily, how much a supervisor will earn?

c) ls Rodrigo's payment is increased by $80.00 daily, how much will earn the supervisor?

d) Suppose that a supervisor earns $98 daily, how much will win a worker under these conditions?

5. The amount of seconds the sound of a thunder takes to be hear is 3 times the distance in kilo

meters of the place the lighting hit the ground.

a) Write an expression for the number of second it takes to hear the sound of a thunder.

b) How many time takes to hear the sound of a thunder if it hit the ground at:

i)15 km.

ii) 3.6 km.

d) Write on equation specilying that the sound takes 24 seconds to be hear. Then, salve t

to find ils distance to the place where the lighting hit the ground.

6. A couple don't want to pay more than $290 to dinner at a restaurant. If the check is added

the 6% in taxes and they want to leave 10% as tip. How much can they spend in food?

7. The base of a rectangle is 6 cm larger that its height and the perimeter is 96 cm. Find the

dimensions of the rectangle.

8. "Super - Donuts" sells donuis at $4.00 each one plus $1 for the packaging. So the amount

you pay is 4 times the number of donuts plus 1

Let's suppose that x is the number of donuts:

a) Write an expression for the amount you will pay for x amount donuts.

b) How much you will pay for…

i)a dozen donuts?

i) 10 dozens of donuts?

c) Write an equation where it is stablished the amount you pay is $65. Then solve the equa

tion to solve how many donuts can you buy by $65.

c) If you only have $100, what is the maximum amount of donuts you can buy?

9. Mr. Gonzalez is electrician and charges $42.00 per hour plus $25.00 per home delivery

service. Considering × as the number of hours of work.

a) Write an expression for the amount of money you that must be paid for × hours of work of

Mr. Gonzalez.

b) How much you will pay for a work at home that will take..

i)... 4 hours?

ii)…2 1/2 hours?

c) Write an equation that stablish that the amount you pay for a home delivery work is $298.

Then, solve the equation to know how much time did he work.

d) If the note of a home delivery work was $168.00, how much did he work

e) If the note for a work at his store was $172.00, how many hours of work are there

represented?
10. When a cab starts a trip its taximeter checks $6.50. Once the taxi starts its trip this amount

increases at ratio of $3 per kilometer traveled. Supposing that x is the number of kilometer

traveled:

a) Write an expression for the amount to pay after × kilometers.

b) How much you will pay after.

i)... 8 kilometers?

ii)….24 kilometers?

c) Write an equation where it says that you paid $70. Then, solve the equation to know how

many kilometers you traveled.

e) How much you will travel for $130?

11. The temperature under Earth supposedly increases around 10 °Celsius per kilometer under

the surface. Assuming that the temperature on the surface is 23 °C and x is the number of

kilometers below the surtace:

a) Write an expression for the number of degrees at x kilometers deep.

b) Find the temperature at the end of a 1.2 kilometers deep carbon mine

c) Find the temperature at the bottom of a 5 kilometers deep oil well.

d) Write an equation that stablishes that the temperature in the deep of a diamond mine is

60 °C. Then solve the equation and find the depth of the mine

d) At what depth the water will boil (100 °C)?

 12. A farmer used 1980 m of mesh to build a fence in a rectangular area. If the width of the area

is 4/5parts of the length. What are the dimensions of the field?

13. Mireya and Gloria started an ironing business. One day Mireya starts to iron clothes. Forty

minutes later Gloria joins Mireya and both continue until they end with all the cloths of the

day.

a) Express through a variable the number of minutes that Mireya has ironing clothes. Then

write an expression, in terms of that variable, for the number of minutes that Gloria have

been ironing.

b) Mireya irons clothes at a speed of 0.30 kg per minute. Write an expression representing

the weight in kilograms of the ironed clothes by Mireya and another expression for Gloria

if she irons at a speed of 0.45 kilograms per minute

c) Writes an equation that expresses that the total number of clothes ironed is 87 kilograms

Then, solve the equation to know how much time Mireya worked

e) How many kilograms ironed each one?

14. The waitress of Rubio cafe earns a salary of 45 pesos per day and the cook earns 60 per

day. Also, the divide the tips so the waitress keeps 60% of them and the 40% is for the cook

× is the amount of money received in tips.

a) Write an expression that represents the total amount of money (salary + tips) the waitress

obtains and the one the cook gets.

b) How much money earns each one if there are…

i)..$200 pesos in tips?

ii)…$350 pesos in tips?

c) If the total salary and tips of the cook and waitress in a day is $330 pesos, find the amount that corresponds in tips to
each one?