1. Solve for each letter in turn 2. Solve and check: 3. Solve and check: 4. Solve (after looking up the special short method): 5. Solve by the special short method: 6. At what time between 8 and 9 o'clock are the hands of a watch (a) opposite each other? (b) at right angles? (c) together? Work out (a) and state the equations for (b) and (c). 7. The formula for converting a temperature of F degrees Fahrenheit into its equivalent temperature of C degrees Centigrade is Express F in terms of C, and compute F for the values and (College Entrance Exam. Board.) 8. What is the price of eggs when 2 less for 24 cents raises the price 2 cents a dozen? (Yale.) 9. Solve Reference: The Chapter on Fractional Equations in any algebra. Note particularly the special short methods, usually given about the middle of the chapter. |