3. A plane can fly at a rate of 215 mph in calm air.

Traveling with the wind, the plane flew 750 mi in the same
amount of time it took to fly 540 mi against the wind. Find the rate of the wind.
4. A goat can eat all the grass in a farmer’s field in 12 days, whereas a cow can finish it in 15 days and a
horse in 20 days. How long will it be before all the grass is eaten if all animals graze in the field?
5. A commercial jet travels 2400 mi in the same amount of time it takes a corporate jet to travel 1600 mi.
The rate of the commercial jet is 200 mph faster than the rate of the corporate jet. Find the rate of each
jet.
Solve the following equations.

  2 𝑥 −1 + 𝑥=8
1.
𝑥 −2
  1 𝑥 𝑥 +6
2. + = 2
𝑥 +2 𝑥 − 2 𝑥 − 4
  𝑥 +5 28 5
3. − 2 =
𝑥 − 2 𝑥 − 4 𝑥+ 2
  𝑥 𝑥+1
4. − 1=
2 𝑥 +7 𝑥+3
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1. Two water pipes can fill a tank with water in 6 h. The larger pipe, working alone, can fill the tank
in 9 h. How long will it take the smaller pipe, working alone, to fill the tank?
2. An experienced bricklayer can work twice as fast as an apprentice bricklayer. After the bricklayers
work together on a job for 6 h, the experienced bricklayer quits. The apprentice requires 10 more hours
to finish the job. How long would it take the experienced bricklayer, working alone, to do the job?
4. The inlet pipe can fill a water tank in 45 min. The outlet pipe can empty the tank inn 30 min. How
long would it take to empty a full tank with both pipes open?
5. Two circus clowns are blowing up balloons, but some of the balloons are popping before they
can be sold. The first clown can blow up a balloon every 2 min, the second clown requires 3 min
for each balloon, and every 5 min one balloon pops. How long will it take the clowns, working
together, to have 76 balloons?
6. A cabin cruiser travels 20 mi in the same amount of time it takes a power boat to travel 45 mi. The rate
of the cabin cruiser is 10 mph less than the rate of the power boat. Find the rate of the cabin cruiser.
7. A tortoise and a hare have joined a 360-foot race. Since the hare can run 180 times faster than
the tortoise, it reaches the finish line 14 min and 55 s before the tortoise. How fast was each animal
running?
8. A pilot can fly a plane at 125 mph in calm air. A recent trip of 300 mi flying with the wind and 300
mi returning against the wind took 5 h. Find the rate of the wind.
9. In 8 hours, two campers rowed 15 mi down a river and then back to their campsite. The
rate of the river’s current was 1 mph. Find the rate at which the campers row in still water.
10. A car travels 200 mi. A second car, making the same trip, travels 10 mph faster than the first car
and makes the trip in 1 h less time. Find the speed of each car.