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❓A boat can travel with a certain speed in still water. If the rate of the stream is 5 km/hr, then the boat takes 8 hours to cover a distance of 168 km downstream. What is the speed of the boat in still water?
💡First, I need to determine the speed of the boat in still water. I'll denote this speed as ( x ) km/hr.When the boat is moving downstream, the speed of the stream adds to the boat's speed. Therefore, the effective downstream speed is ( x + 5 ) km/hr.The boat covers a distance of 168 km in 8 hours downstream. Using the formula:[text{Distance} = text{Speed} times text{Time}]I can set up the equation:[168 = (x + 5) times 8]Expanding the equation:[168 = 8x + 40]Subtracting 40 from both sides to isolate the term with ( x ):[128 = 8x]Finally, dividing both sides by 8 to solve for ( x ):[x = 16]So, the speed of the boat in still water is 16 km/hr.
❓While taking inventory at her pastry shop, Kelly realizes that she had some amount of baking powder yesterday, but the supply is now down to 0.3 box. Kelly had 0.1 more box of baking powder yesterday. How much baking powder did Kelly have yesterday?
💡First, I need to determine how much baking powder Kelly had yesterday. She currently has 0.3 box of baking powder. According to the problem, she had 0.1 more box yesterday than she does now. To find the total amount she had yesterday, I add the current amount to the additional amount: 0.3 box + 0.1 box = 0.4 box.Therefore, Kelly had 0.4 box of baking powder yesterday.
❓Maddie's mom makes herself 2 cups of coffee per day. Each cup has 1.5 ounces of coffee beans. A bag of coffee costs some amount and contains 10.5 ounces of beans. She uses 1/2 a gallon of milk per week. A gallon of milk costs 4. She doesn't add any sugar to the coffee. Her mom spends 18 on her coffee per week. How much does a bag of coffee cost?
💡First, calculate the total coffee beans used per week by multiplying the daily consumption by the number of days in a week.Next, determine the weekly cost of milk by multiplying the cost per gallon by the amount used.Subtract the cost of milk from the total weekly coffee expense to find the amount spent on coffee beans alone.Then, find out how many bags of coffee are used per week by dividing the total weekly coffee bean consumption by the amount of beans in one bag.Finally, divide the weekly cost of coffee beans by the number of bags used to determine the cost of one bag of coffee.
❓Find the coordinates of point C such that segment AC represents an extension through A with AC = 2 cdot AB. Given points A(-3, 4) and B(9, -2).
💡First, I need to determine the vector from point ( A ) to point ( B ). This is done by subtracting the coordinates of ( A ) from ( B ).Next, since ( AC ) is twice the length of ( AB ), I will multiply the vector ( overrightarrow{AB} ) by 2 to get the vector ( overrightarrow{AC} ).Finally, I will add the vector ( overrightarrow{AC} ) to the coordinates of point ( A ) to find the coordinates of point ( C ).
❓Coral is reading a book that is 600 pages long. She reads half of it in the first week, and 30 percent of the remaining pages the second week. How many pages must she read the third week in order to finish the book?
💡First, I need to determine how many pages Coral reads in the first week. Since she reads half of the book, I divide the total number of pages by 2.Next, I calculate the remaining pages after the first week by subtracting the pages read from the total.In the second week, Coral reads 30% of the remaining pages. I find 30% of the remaining pages and then subtract that from the remaining pages to find out how many pages are left after the second week.Finally, the number of pages Coral must read in the third week to finish the book is the number of pages remaining after the second week.
❓One hundred fifty people were surveyed. Of these, 130 indicated they liked Mozart and 120 indicated they liked Bach. What is the minimum number of people surveyed who could have said they liked both Mozart and Bach?
💡First, I need to determine the minimum number of people who could have indicated that they like both Mozart and Bach out of the 150 surveyed individuals.I know that 130 people like Mozart and 120 people like Bach. To find the minimum overlap between these two groups, I can use the principle of inclusion-exclusion.The formula to calculate the minimum number of people who like both is:[text{Minimum Both} = |Mozart| + |Bach| - text{Total Surveyed}]Plugging in the numbers:[text{Minimum Both} = 130 + 120 - 150 = 100]This means that at least 100 people must have indicated that they like both Mozart and Bach.