MEDIUM
MYP:4-5
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

You open a small business with an initial investment of $ 90000. The weekly running costs for the business are $ 7800. The weekly revenue (income) from your business is $ 8800. Determine how long will it be before you break even (when your total profit matches the amount you have invested.)

Important Questions on A Model of Equality (Equivalence Transformations)

MEDIUM
MYP:4-5
IMPORTANT

Between 2000 and 2010, coal and petroleum production from the fuel producing countries can be modeled by the following system of equations, where x=0 represents the year 2005 :

Coal production : y=93.2 x+3100

Petroleum production : y=-29.1 x+2942

Calculate the year in which production from both forms of fuel was equal.

MEDIUM
MYP:4-5
IMPORTANT
A phone company has two weekly plans to choose from. Plan A charges an operating fee of $31.45, plus 15.5 cents per minute. Plan B charges an operating fee of $5.20, plus 37 cents per minute. Determine how you would decide on which plan would be best for you, and explain your reasoning.
MEDIUM
MYP:4-5
IMPORTANT
You gave $ 4500 to an investment broker, who put part of the money in a fund paying 2% annual interest and the rest in a fund paying 5% annual interest. At the end of the year you receive $ 210 in interest. Determine how much of your initial investment was placed into each fund.
MEDIUM
MYP:4-5
IMPORTANT
Your uncle Karl wants to loose some weight by burning extra calories each week (2kg=approx3000 calories). He will do it by riding a bicycle, which burns 350 calories an hour, and by walking, which burns 200 calories an hour. If the uncle Karl has 10 hours per week to devote to exercise, what combination of walking and cycling will allow him to achieve his goal of burning exactly 3000 calories.
EASY
MYP:4-5
IMPORTANT
Solve the equation 3x+4=19 by identifying the equivalence transformations used at each step.
EASY
MYP:4-5
IMPORTANT
Find the value of x for the equation 43x=5x3 by identifying the equivalence transformations used at each step.
EASY
MYP:4-5
IMPORTANT
Solve the equation 3(3x1)=4(2x3) by identifying the equivalence transformations used at each step. 
MEDIUM
MYP:4-5
IMPORTANT
Solve the equation 23x+2=412x by identifying the equivalence transformations used at each step. (Write the answer in fraction.)