PROBLEM SET 2

COLLEGE MATHEMATICS
MATH 100

1. IGOT, ELYCA MAE C.

2. JACA, SAJARA FAITH
3. LARESMA, JOHN LLOYD T.
(MWF- 8:30- 9:30)
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Construction The size of an interior door frame is determined by the width of the wall into
which it is installed. The width of the wall is determined by the width of the stud in the wall and
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the thickness of the sheets of dry wall installed on each side of the wall. A 2 x 4 stud is 3 8 inches
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thick. A 2 x 6 stud is 58 inches thick.

Use this information for Exercise 84 to 86.

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84. Find the thickness of a wall constructed with 2 x 4 studs and dry wall that is 2 inch thick.

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85. Find the thickness of a wall constructed with 2 x 6 studs and dry wall that is 2 inch thick.

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86. A fire wall is a physical barrier in a building designed to limit the spread of fire. Suppose
a fire wall is built between the garage and the kitchen of a house. Find the width of the fire
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wall if its constructed using 2 x 4 studs and dry wall that is 8 inch thick.

Solution:

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64. Health A patient with high blood pressure who weighs 225 pounds is put on a diet to lose 25
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pounds in 3 months. The patient loses 8 4 pounds the first month and 11 8 pounds the second
month. How much weight must be lost the third month for the goal to be achieved?
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65. Sports A wrestler is entered in the 172- pound weight class in the conference finals coming
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up in 3 weeks. The wrestler needs to lose 12 4 pounds. The wrestler loses 5 4 pounds the first
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week and 4 4 pounds the second week.

a. Without doing the calculations, determine whether the wrestler can reach his weight
class by losing less in the third week than was in the second week.
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b. How many pounds must be lost in the third week for the desired weight to be reached?
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66. Construction Find the difference in thickness between a fire wall constructed with 2 x 6
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studs and dry wall that is 2 inch thick and a fire wall constructed with 2 x 4 studs and dry wall
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that is 8 inch thick. See Exercise 84 to 86 on page 83.

Solution:

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81. Consumerism Salmon costs $4 per pound. Find the cost of 2 4 pounds of salmon.

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82. Exercise Maria Rivera can walk 3 2 miles in 1 hour. At this rate, how far can Maria walk in
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hour?
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83. Carpentry A board that costs $6 is 9 4 feet long. One- third of the board is cut off. What is
the length of the piece cut off?
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84. Geometry The perimeter of a square is equal to four times the length of a side of the square.
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Find the perimeter of a square whose side measures 16 4 inches.

Solution:

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82. Consumerism Individual cereal boxes contain 4 ounce of cereal. How many boxes of cereal
can be filled with 600 ounces of cereal?
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83. Consumerism A box of Post’s Great Grains cereal costing $4 contains 16 ounces of cereal.
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How many 1 3 ounce servings are in the box?

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84. Gemology A 8 karat diamond was purchased for $1200. What would a similar diamond
weighing 1 karat cost?
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85. Real Estate The Inverness Investors Group bought 8 acres of land for $200,000. What was
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the cost of each acre?
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86. Fuel Efficiency A car used 12 gallons of gasoline on a 275-mile trip. How many miles can
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the car travel on 1 gallon of gasoline?
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