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Example Question #811 : Algebra
A utility company charges "F" dollars in fees every month, just for having an account. On top of this, they charge "a" dollars per kgal for the first kgal of water and "b" dollars per kgal for each kgal over . If Joaquin uses "g" kgal of water (where ), how much should he expect to pay on his water bill?
Joaquin pays a dollars per kgal for the first 100 kgal only, so a(100) should be a term in our final answer.
Since he pays b dollars per kgal only for the kgal AFTER the first 100, he gets charged for g - 100 kgal at rate b. This means b(g-100) will also be in our final expression.
Finally, we simply add on the F dollars in fees, no need to multiply this by anything since it is a flat charge each month.
Example Question #121 : Expressions
Joaquin is screening a movie marathon. To attend, each guest (a) will be charged . In addition, they must pay for each movie (m) they watch. If it costs Joaquin to organize and put on the festival, which expression shows his net profits in dollars?
Since Joaquin makes $5 from every admission, we need the term 5a in our solution, and this value should also be positive, since Joaquin makes money from each ticket sold.
Since each movie costs only $1 to see, 1m or simply m must also be in our equation. Again, this value is positive since it is adding to Joaquin's ever-growing profits.
Finally, the $130 is a loss for him, so this value must be negative.
Only one equation listed fits those perameters:
Example Question #51 : How To Simplify An Expression
A small business can produce w widgets, worth d dollars each, in m minutes. How long would it take to produce worth of widgets?
Dimensional anaysis can be used to find the answer to this one. Begin with what is given:
$500
Then use our conversion factor given, d dollars = 1 widget.
We then add our other two conversion factors; w widgets = 1 production cycle and; m minutes = 1 prodction cycle. We position the factors so that all units cancel except minutes (our desired solution).
Example Question #811 : Algebra
Simplify the expression:
In order to simplify an expression, we rearrange it to put terms with the same base or type of variable together, then add or subtract accordingly. For this problem that would look like this:
Example Question #122 : Expressions
Simplify the expression:
In order to simplify an expression, we rearrange it to put terms with the same base or type of variable together, then add or subtract accordingly. However, because this problem has a minus sign, it first needs to be distributed. That would look as follows:
Example Question #812 : Algebra
Simplify the expression:
In order to simplify an expression, we rearrange it to put terms with the same base or type of variable together, then add or subtract accordingly. That would look as follows:
Example Question #813 : Algebra
Simplify the expression:
In order to simplify an expression, we rearrange it to put terms with the same base or type of variable together, then add or subtract accordingly. That would look as follows:
Example Question #54 : Simplifying Expressions
Simplify the expression:
In order to simplify an expression, we rearrange it to put terms with the same base or type of variable together, then add or subtract accordingly. However, because this problem has a minus sign, it first needs to be distributed. That would look as follows:
Example Question #54 : Simplifying Expressions
Simplify the expression:
In order to simplify an expression, we rearrange it to put terms with the same base or type of variable together, then add or subtract accordingly. However, because this problem has a minus sign, it first needs to be distributed. That would look as follows:
Example Question #815 : Algebra
Simplify the expression:
In order to simplify an expression, we rearrange it to put terms with the same base or type of variable together, then add or subtract accordingly. However, because this problem has a minus sign, it first needs to be distributed. That would look as follows:
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