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rayms

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pls help me with word problems of my son im way outta my league

1. The Sum Of 2 Numbers Is 35 and Their Product Is 30, Can You Find The Sum Of Their Reciprocal?

2. A Merchant Has 3 Items On Sale: Radio $50, Clock $30, Flints At $1; At The End Of The Day He Has Sold 100 Pcs All In All Of The 3 Items, And The Total Sales Is $1000, How Many Radio Did He Sell?

3. The Square Root Of 3 Times A Certain Number Is Subtracted From The Number And The Result Is 6, Can You Find The Number?

tnx in advance for ur help
 
rayms said:
pls help me with word problems of my son im way outta my league

1. The Sum Of 2 Numbers Is 35 and Their Product Is 30, Can You Find The Sum Of Their Reciprocal?

Simplify/expand:

\(\displaystyle \frac{x + y}{xy}\)

Does that help?

2. A Merchant Has 3 Items On Sale: Radio $50, Clock $30, Flints At $1; At The End Of The Day He Has Sold 100 Pcs All In All Of The 3 Items, And The Total Sales Is $1000, How Many Radio Did He Sell?

3. The Square Root Of 3 Times A Certain Number Is Subtracted From The Number And The Result Is 6, Can You Find The Number?

tnx in advance for ur help

Please show your work/thoughts, indicating exactly where you are stuck, so that we know where to begin to help you.
 
rayms said:
3. The Square Root Of 3 Times A Certain Number Is Subtracted From The Number And The Result Is 6, Can You Find The Number?
Let number = n: then "Square Root Of 3 Times A Certain Number" = sqrt(3n) ; follow that?
"Subtracted From The Number" means n - sqrt(3n) ; ok?
"The Result Is 6" means n - sqrt(3n) = 6 ; still with me?

You need to solve that for n.
If your son can't do that, then he hasn't been paying attention in class...
and this isn't a classroom...
 
rayms said:
pls help me with word problems of my son im way outta my league
tnx in advance for ur help
Well, I think YOU are the son, from the way you write; a mother/father would write:

Please help me with my son's word problems. I'm way out of my league.
Thanks in advance for your help.
 
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