ALGEBRA B

1. Solve (a)

1. Solve (b)

1. Solve (c)

2. Solve for x and y, checking one solution in each problem:

2. (a)

2. (b)

3. A man arranges to pay a debt of $3600 in 40 monthly payments which form an A. P. After paying 30 of them he still owes

of his debt. What was his first payment?

4. If 4 quantities are in proportion and the second is a mean proportional between the third and fourth, prove that the third will be a mean prop. between the first and second.

5. In the expansion of

the ratio of the fourth term to the fifth is

Find x.

6. Two men A and B can together do a piece of work in 12 days; B would need 10 days more than A to do the whole work. How many days would it take A alone to do the work?