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Unit 4 – Equations
Aim #37 HW: Linear Equation Word Problems (Day 4)
Solve each word problem using an algebraic solution. Show all work!
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The second week she read 𝟏𝟕𝟏 pages and finished the book. What is the total number of pages in the book?
1) Miriam read a book with an unknown number of pages. The first week she read five less than
2) Paul has a certain amount of money. He spends 6 dollars and has 1/4 of the original amount left. How much
money did he have originally?
3) The length of a rectangle is 6 yards less than its width. The perimeter is 28 yards. Find the dimensions of the
rectangle.
4) Janet is three years older than her sister Julie. Janet’s brother is eight years younger than their sister Julie.
The sum of all of their ages is 28. What is the age of each person?
5) One angle is one less than six times the size of another. The two angles are complementary angles. Find the
size of each angle.
6) Given a right triangle, find the measures of all of the angles if one angle is a right angle and the measure of a
second angle is six less than seven times the measure of the third angle.