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1. The student answered 40 questions incorrectly out of 100 total questions on a multiple choice test. 2. Out of 15 chocolate bars bought for $34, 8 bars were dark chocolate and 7 were white chocolate. 3. For a cellular company to have no profit, it must sell 10 phones.

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Solution - Systems of Linear Equations Word Problems Worksheet Answers

1. The student answered 40 questions incorrectly out of 100 total questions on a multiple choice test. 2. Out of 15 chocolate bars bought for $34, 8 bars were dark chocolate and 7 were white chocolate. 3. For a cellular company to have no profit, it must sell 10 phones.

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SYSTEMS OF LINEAR EQUATIONS WORD

PROBLEMS WORKSHEET
TEACHERS ANSWER KEY

1. A multiple choice test consists of 100 questions. A correct answer is worth 2 marks, while an incorrect
answer is worth -1 marks. If a student receives a score of 80, how many questions did this student
answer incorrectly? (40 questions)

Let x = # of incorrect answers, and y = # of correct answers.

y + x = 100
2y x = 80

So y = 60 and x = 40.

2. White chocolate costs $2.00 per bar, and dark chocolate costs $2.50 per bar. If you buy 15 bars of
chocolate for $34 dollars, how many bars of dark chocolate did you buy? (8 bars)

Let w = # of white chocolate bars, and d = # of dark chocolate bars

w + d = 15
2w + 2.5d = 34

So d = 8 and w = 7

3. A cellular companys revenue and cost functions for selling mobile phones can be modelled by the
linear equations R = 50n and C = 20n + 300, where R represents the revenue in dollars, C represents
the cost, and n represents the number of phones sold. How many phones must this company sell in
order to have no profit? (Profit = Revenue Cost) (10 phones)

To have no profit, we have 0 = Revenue Cost, or equivalently, Revenue = Cost

50n = 20n + 300

So n = 10
4. The sum of two numbers is 17. The difference between the larger number and the smaller number is 7.
What is the value of the smaller number? (5)

Let x = the first number, and y = the second number

x + y = 17
xy=7

So x = 12 and y = 5. The smaller number is 5

5. John has $5.05 in quarters and nickels in his pocket. If John only has 25 coins in his pocket, how
many of the coins are quarters? (22 quarters)

Let n = # of nickels, and q = # of quarters

n + q = 25
0.05n + 0.25q = 5.05

So n = 3 and q = 22

6. A class of 32 consists of students who either have red or yellow shirts. If there are 12 more people
with red shirts than there are people with yellow shirts, how many of the students have red shirts? (22
students)

Let r = # of students with red shirt, and y = # of students with yellow shirts

r + y = 32
r = y + 12

So y = 10 and r = 22

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