On a sunny day, a tree and its shadow form the sides of a right triangle. If the hypotenuse is 52m long and the tree[..]

The force needed to keep a car from skidding on a curve varies jointly as the weight of the car and the square of[..]

Company A sold 14.7 million dollars of electronics equipment in 2000 and its sales have increased by 2.1 million[..]

Mai earns a salary of $200 per week plus an additonal 5% commision on her sales. If mai's weekly salary increases by[..]

An experienced accountant can balance the books twice as fast as a new accountant. Working together it takes the[..]

Jeff takes 5 hours longer to build a fence than it takes Bill. When they work together, it takes them 6 hours. How[..]

solve the second angle of a triangle is 3 times as large as the first. the third angle is 55 more than the first.[..]

during one year, the Gilmores real estate bill included $294 for miscellaneous services. of this amount, 62% went to[..]

the number of hybrid vechicles sold weekly at a local car dealership increased from 11 in 2006 to 19 in 2008.[..]

John has 3 quarters and twice as many dimes. What is the total value of the coins he has?