Name ________________________________
Date __________________________
Additional Exercises 8.7
Form I
Applications Using Rational Equations and Variation
1.
A cyclist bikes at a constant speed for 20 miles. He then returns
home at the same speed but takes a different route. His return
trip takes one hour longer and is 25 miles. Find his speed
1. _______________
2.
A boat travels 8 miles upstream and then back 8 miles in 3 hours. 2. _______________
The current of the river is 2 mph. What is the speed of the boat
in still water?
3.
Mark and Rachel both work for Smith Landscaping Company.
Mark can finish a planting job in 3 hours, while it takes Rachel
5 hours to finish the same job. If Mark and Rachel will work
together on the job, and the cost of labor is $45 per hour, what
should the labor estimate be? (Round to the nearest cent, if
necessary.)
4.
One pump can drain a pool in 7 minutes. When a second pump
4. _______________
is also used, the pool only takes 2 minutes to drain. How long
would it take the second pump to drain the pool if it were the only
pump in use?
3. _______________
Find the missing length in the similar triangles.
5.
5. ________________
82
x
41
9
40
80
Solve the following variation problems.
6.
y varies directly as x. y = 20 when x = 5. Find y when x = 3.
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7.
y varies directly as x. y = 10 when x = 2. Find y when x = 6.
7. _______________
8.
y varies inversely as x. y = –10 when x = 6. Find y when x = –5.
8. _______________
9.
y varies inversely as x. y = 12 when x = 5. Find y when x = 6.
9. _______________
10.
The amount of water used to take a shower is directly proportional to the amount of time that the shower is in use.
A shower lasting 21 minutes requires 12.6 gallons of water.
Find the amount of water used in a shower lasting 10 minutes.
10. _______________
11.
If the resistance in an electrical circuit is held constant, the
amount of current flowing through the circuit is directly proportional to the amount of voltage applied to the circuit. When
9 volts are applied to a circuit, 180 milliamperes of current flow
through the circuit. Find the new current if the voltage is
increased to 11 volts.
11. _______________
12.
The amount of gas that a helicopter uses is directly proportional
to the number of hours spent flying. The helicopter flies for
4 hours and uses 48 gallons of fuel. Find the number of gallons
of fuel that the helicopter uses to fly for 5 hours.
12. _______________
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Additional Exercises 8.7
Form II
Applications Using Rational Equations and Variation
1.
A car travels 400 miles on level terrain in the same amount of
time it travels 160 miles on mountainous terrain. If the rate of
the car is 30 miles per hour less in the mountains than on level
ground, find its rate in the mountains.
1. _______________
2.
A boat travels 9 kilometers upstream in the same amount of time. 2. _______________
it moves 16 kilometers downstream. If the rate of the current
is 6 kilometers per hour, find the rate of the boat in still water.
3.
In a race, Car A starts 1 mile behind Car B. Car A is
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traveling at 65 miles per hour, while Car B is traveling at
55 miles per hour. How long will it take for Car A to overtake
Car B?
3. _______________
4.
One conveyor belt can move 1000 boxes in 11 minutes. Another
can move 1000 boxes in 12 minutes. If another conveyor belt is
added and all three are used, the boxes are moved in 3 minutes.
How long would it take the third conveyor belt alone to do the
same job?
4. _______________
Find the missing length in the similar triangles.
5.
5. ______________
21
14
15
10
x
20
Solve the following variation problems.
6.
y varies directly as x. y = 25 when x = 3. Find y when x = 12.
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Date __________________________
7.
y varies directly as x. y = 8 when x = 2. Find y when x = 5.
7. _______________
8.
y varies inversely as x. y = 0.125 when x = 8. Find y when x = 5.
8. _______________
9.
y varies inversely as x. y =
10.
A person’s hair length varies proportionately with the number
of weeks it has been growing. If Fred shaved his head bald and
his hair was 0.2 inches long after 5 weeks, how long would it be
after additional 6 weeks? (Round to the nearest hundredth of an
inch.)
11.
When the temperature stays the same, the volume of a gas is
11. _______________
inversely proportional to the pressure of the gas. If a balloon
is filled with 145 cubic inches of a gas at a pressure of 14 pounds
per square inch, find the new pressure of the gas if the volume
is decreased to 29 cubic inches.
12.
The amount of time it takes a swimmer to swim a race is
inversely proportional to the average speed of the swimmer. A
swimmer finishes a race in 75 seconds with an average speed of
4 feet per second. Find the average speed of the swimmer if it
takes 60 seconds to finish the race.
2
3
4
when x = . Find y when x = .
5
5
5
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10. _______________
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Additional Exercises 8.7
Form III
Applications Using Rational Equations and Variation
1.
The sports car travels 40 km/h faster than the loaded SUV and
1. _______________
trailer. While the SUV travels 150 km, the sports car goes 350 km.
Find their speeds.
2.
Jim can run 5 miles per hour on level ground on a still day. One
windy day, he runs 15 miles with the wind, and in the same
amount of time runs 4 miles against the wind. What is the rate
of the wind?
2. _______________
3.
A painter can finish painting a house in 4 hours. Her assistant
takes 6 hours to finish the same job. How long would it take for
them to complete the job if they were working together?
3. _______________
4.
A baker can decorate the day’s cookie supply four times as fast as 4. _______________
his new assistant. If they decorate all the cookies working
together in 12 minutes, how long would it take for each of them
to decorate the cookies working individually?
Find the missing length in the similar triangles.
5.
5. _______________
30
18
20
12
24
x
Solve the following variation problems.
6.
y varies directly as x. y = 0.7 when x = 0.4. Find y when x = 0.8.
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7.
y varies directly as x. y = 400 when x = 125. Find y when
x = 500.
7. _______________
8.
y varies inversely as x. y = 0.2 when x = 0.3. Find y when
x = 0.12.
8. _______________
9.
y varies inversely as x. y = 6.25 when x = 0.16. Find y when
x =0.9.
9. _______________
10.
If the voltage, V, in an electric circuit is held constant, the
current, I, is inversely proportional to the resistance, R. If the
current is 120 milliamperes when the resistant is 5 ohms, find
the current when the resistance is 30 ohms.
10. _______________
11.
While traveling at a constant speed in a car, the centrifugal
11. _______________
acceleration passengers feel while the car is turning is inversely
proportional to the radius of the turn. If the passengers feel an
acceleration of 12 feet per second when the radius of the turn
is 40 feet, find the acceleration the passengers feel when the radius
of the turn is 120 feet.
12.
The length a spring stretches is directly proportional to the force
applied. If a force of 5 pounds stretches a spring 3 inches, how
much force is necessary to stretch the same spring 10 inches?
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12. _______________