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Chapter 1
1. Simplify: -12 + 5 - (-4) - 6

2. Simplify:-22(-3)2(5)

3. Simplify: 5/6 - 2/3 - 8/9

4. Simplify: 31.24 - 8.12 + 1.07

5. Simplify: (.8)(-2.4)(-3.8)

Chapter 2
6. Solve: -4 = x - 11

7. Solve: 8/15 = x + 2/5

8. Solve: -4/3y = 16/27

9. Solve: 7x -3(2x-4)=4(2-x)
10. Find the selling price per pound of a tea mixture made from 20 lbs. of tea costing $8.00 per pound and 80lbs of tea costing $3.40 per pound.
Chapter 3
11. Find the slope of the line containing the points P1(-2,3) and P2(1,-4)

12. Find the y-intercept of the line 3x +2y=-6

13. Find the equation of the line that contains the point (-1,4) and has slope -2

14. Find the equation of the line that contains the point (-1,-2) and has an undefined slope

15. A manufacturer of backpacks determines that the cost to produce 100 backpacks is $1500. The cost to produce 500 backpacks is $7000. Write a linear equation for the cost, y, of producing x backpacks.

Chapter 4
16.
Solve for x and y by substitution: x-2y=-6
y=3x-2

17. A crew rowing with the current rowed 11mi in 2 hrs. Against the current, the crew rowed 5 mi in 2 hrs. Find the rate of the current.

Mixed chapters 1-4

18. Simplify: 3x-2[x-2(x-3y)-4y]

19. Simplify: -20(36)(4)(-3)

20. Solve: y + 1.6 = 5.2.

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1)
-12+5-(-4)-6

Break it up
-12+5=7
-(-4)-6=-2
7+-2=
5

2) Use order of operations (PEMDAS)
-2^2=-4
(-3)^2=9
-4*9*5=
-180

3) Find the common denominator to solve. In this case the lowest common multiple is 18

5/6 * 3/3=15/18
2/3 * 6/6=12/18
8/9 * 2/2=16/18

15/18-12/18-16/18=(15-12-16)/18=
-13/18

4) Line up the decimal places and solve
31.24-8.12=23.12
23.12+1.07=
24.19

5) Break it up and do it one at a time
0.8*-2.4 = -1.92
-1.92*-3.8=
7.296

6) Get x alone by adding 11 to both sides
x=7

7) Get x alone by subtracting 2/5 from both sides
x=8/15-2/5
x=8/15-6/15
x=2/15

8) Get y alone by multiplying both sides by -3/4
y=(16/27)*-3/4
y=-48/108
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