1. | If x + y = 16 and 4 x - y = 14, then x - y is equal to |
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2. | There are 560 animals on a farm. Three-fourths of them are cows. Of the cows, about 30% are white. How many cows on the farm are not white? |
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3. | Pineapples cost 40 cents each, whereas pears cost 80 cents a dozen. A litre of fruit punch requires 1/4 of a pineapple and 3 pears. How many dollars will it cost to make 7 litres of fruit punch? |
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4. | Consider a square with side of length a, and an an isosceles right triangle with one side of length a and hypotenuse of length b. What is the sum of the areas of the square and the triangle? |
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