Adam is three years older than Joe. After three years, Adam’s age will be four years less than two times Joe's age. Considering Adam's present age as x years and Joe’s present age as y years, write a pair of linear equations to model the above situation.

Agreeting card company can produce a box of cards for $7.50. if the initial investment by the company was $50,000, how many boxes of cards must be produced before the average cost per box falls to $10.50?

An empty bucket is placed under a faucet dripping at a constant rate of 4 milliliters per minute. with the given information, which of these statements is a reasonable conclusion? a there will be 24 milliliters of water in the bucket after 16 hour. b there will be 60 milliliters of water in the bucket after 14 hour. c there will be 160 milliliters of water in the bucket after 20 minutes. d there will be 100 milliliters of water in the bucket after 40 minutes.

Asif spent $745.10 on 13 new file cabinets for his office. small file cabinets cost $43.50 and large file cabinets cost $65.95. write and solve a system of equations to find the number of small cabinets and large cabinets he purchased. determine if each statement is true or false. 1. he purchased 5 small cabinets. true or false 2. he purchased 7 large cabinets. true or false 3. he spent $527.60 on large cabinets. true or false