# Algebra problem involving standard notation & %.

• January 24th 2009, 12:01 AM
delicate_tears
Algebra problem involving standard notation & %.

The human body can produce 2.5 million blood cells per second. If a person donates 500mL of blood, how long will it take to replace the red blood cells if a litre of blood contains 5 * (10^12) red blood cells?

The Sun is approximately 1.5 * (10^8) km from Earth and a comet is approximately 3 * (10^6) km from Earth. How many times further from Earth than the comet is the Sun?

A music store sells three types of CDs: classical, blues and heavy metal. In one week the sold a total of 420 CDs. They sold 10% more classical than blues whiles sales of heavy metal constituted 50% more than the combined sales of classical and blues CDs. How many of each type of CD did they sell?

• January 24th 2009, 12:29 AM
princess_21
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Originally Posted by delicate_tears

A music store sells three types of CDs: classical, blues and heavy metal. In one week the sold a total of 420 CDs. They sold 10% more classical than blues whiles sales of heavy metal constituted 50% more than the combined sales of classical and blues CDs. How many of each type of CD did they sell

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let x be classical
Blues: 0.10x+x
Classical and blues:0.10+2x
heavy metals: 0.5(0.10+2x)+(0.10+2x)= 3.15x

$x+0.10x+x+0.5(0.10+2x)+(0.10+2x)= 420$

$2.1x+3.15x=420$

$5.25x=420$

$x=80$

classical= 80
Blues= 0.10(80)+80 =88
heavy metals= 3.15(80)=252

$80+88+252=420$

• January 24th 2009, 12:41 AM
princess_21
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Originally Posted by delicate_tears

The human body can produce 2.5 million blood cells per second. If a person donates 500mL of blood, how long will it take to replace the red blood cells if a litre of blood contains 5 * (10^12) red blood cells?

$\frac{5*10^{12}}{2}=2.5*10^{12}$

$\frac{2.5*10^{12}}{2500000}=10000$seconds

$10000 s * \frac{1min}{60s}$

$166.66 hrs$
• January 28th 2009, 02:04 AM
mr fantastic
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Originally Posted by delicate_tears
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The Sun is approximately 1.5 * (10^8) km from Earth and a comet is approximately 3 * (10^6) km from Earth. How many times further from Earth than the comet is the Sun?

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$\frac{1.5 \cdot 10^8}{3 \cdot 10^6}$ and the simplification should be straightforward.