Sheet # 19/Mixed Problems
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1) A farmer has 40 rows of orange trees, and each row contains 18 trees.
a) If an average tree produces 12 bushels of oranges, how many bushels can the farmer expect to harvest from the entire orchard?
b) If the oranges are sold at a wholesale price of $3.25 a bushel, how much income can the farmer expect to receive from the orchard?
2) There is a traffic light near Jim's window that changes every 20 seconds. Jim is 9 years old today. Assuming the traffic light has never had a loss of power, how many times has it changed since Jim was born?
3) A coin dealer bought 36 coins for $440.00. He sold 21 of them for $23.80 each and sold the remaining coins for $15.75 each. How much money did he lose or gain on these transactions?
4) The average distance from Earth to Venus is 40,200,000 km. How many days would it take a spacecraft to reach Venus if it traveled at a speed of 34,000 km an hour?