Nightingale College Algebra Quiz Questions

Attached to this document are 6 questions for intermediate algebra that I am having difficulty figuring out.

1. The Booster Club has a goal of raising at least $700. The Club has already
raised $150. The Booster Club is sponsoring a pancake breakfast and charging
$5.00 per ticket.
What inequality would represent the number of tickets (t) that the Booster
Club must sell to meet its goal?
2. The ticket sales at a movie theater were $4,250. Adult tickets are $15, and senior
tickets are $10. The number of senior tickets sold was 30 less than twice the number
of adult tickets. Determine the number of adult tickets and senior tickets sold.
3. Bryce was on a 254 mile long road trip. During the first part of the trip there was
lots of traffic so he only averaged 27 mph. The second part of the trip there was no
traffic so he could drive 50 mph. He spent 2 hours less stuck in traffic than after the
traffic cleared. How long did he travel at each speed?
In traffic he drove for
hours
After the traffic cleared he drove for
hours.
4. Jesse left 2 hours before Cassandra, traveling in opposite directions. He averaged
19 mph, while she averaged 45 mph. How long had each been driving when they are
166 miles apart?
He drove for
She drove for
hours
hours.
5. Russell and Erin leave from the same restaurant and the same time, traveling in
opposite directions. If Russell travels 8 mph and Erin travels 6 mph, how long until
they are 84 miles apart?
hours
6. Mark and Jose both leave the restaurant at the same time, but in opposite
directions. If Jose travels 5 mph faster than Mark and after 4 hours they are 108
miles apart, how fast is each traveling?
Mark is traveling
Jose is traveling
mph.
mph.
6. Casey and Erik both leave the study group at the same time, but in opposite
directions. If Erik travels 6 mph faster than Casey and after 4 hours they are 104
miles apart, how fast is each traveling?
Casey is traveling
Erik is traveling
mph.
mph.