Word Problems
Example: The sum of the reciprocals of two consecutive odd integers is 4/3. Set up an algebraic equation and use it to find the two integers.
Example: Norm can paint the office by himself in 5 hours. Cliff could do the same job in 7 hours. If they work together, how long will it take them to paint the office?
Example: An executive went on an 8-hour business trip that required a 165-mile bus ride to the airport then another 2,750 miles by airplane. If the airplane speed was 10 times that of the bus, what is was the average speed of the airplane?
