Equation Applications
Equation Applications
Equations
Equation of First degree:
Is the equation that has a maximum power of 1.
Exercises:
Solve the following equations:
1) 𝟑 − 𝟐𝒙 = 𝟕
−2𝑥 = 7 − 3
−2𝑥 = 4
4
𝑥 = − = −2
2
2) 𝟑(𝒙 + 𝟐) = 𝟐(𝟖 − 𝒙)
3𝑥 + 6 = 16 − 2𝑥
3𝑥 + 2𝑥 = 16 − 6
5𝑥 = 10
10
𝑥= =2
5
3) (𝒙 − 𝟒)𝟐 = (𝒙 − 𝟐)𝟐
𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 + 16 = 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 4
𝑥 2 − 𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 + 4𝑥 = −16 + 4
−4𝑥 = −12
12
𝑥= =3
4
4) (𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏)(𝒙 − 𝟏) + 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟑(𝒙 − 𝟏)(𝒙 + 𝟐) + 𝟑
2𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 𝑥 − 1 + 𝑥 2 = 3(𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 − 𝑥 − 2) + 3
3𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 1 = 3𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 6 + 3
3𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 1 = 3𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 3
3𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 3𝑥 = −3 + 1
−4𝑥 = −2
1
𝑥=
2
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𝟒−𝟕𝒙 𝟒𝒙−𝟓
5) − 𝟓𝒙 = 𝟑 −
𝟑 𝟓
“By multiplying both sides with 15”
4 − 7𝑥 4𝑥 − 5
15[ − 5𝑥] = 15[3 − ]
3 5
5(4 − 7𝑥) − 75𝑥 = 45 − 3(4𝑥 − 5)
20 − 35𝑥 − 75𝑥 = 45 − 12𝑥 + 15
12𝑥 − 35𝑥 − 75𝑥 = 45 − 20 + 15
−98𝑥 = 40
40
𝑥=−
98
𝒙+𝟏 𝒙 𝟏
6) − =
𝟑 𝟒 𝟐
“By multiplying both sides with 12”
𝑥+1 𝑥 1
12[ − ] = 12[ ]
3 4 2
4(𝑥 + 1) − 3(𝑥) = 6
4𝑥 + 4 − 3𝑥 = 6
𝑥=2
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2) 𝟑(𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏) = 𝟓(𝟏 − 𝒙)
3𝑥 2 + 3 = 5 − 5𝑥
3𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 + 3 − 5 = 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜
3𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 − 2 = 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜
(3𝑥 − 1) 𝑜𝑟 (𝑥 + 2) = 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜
1
𝑥 = 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = −2
3
3) (𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑)(𝟑𝒙 − 𝟏) = −𝟒
6𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 9𝑥 − 3 + 4 = 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜
6𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 + 1 = 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜
𝑎=6 𝑏=7 𝐶=1
−𝑏 ± √𝑏 2 − 4𝑎𝑐
𝑥=
2𝑎
−7 ± √72 − 4 ∗ 6 ∗ 1
𝑥=
2∗6
−7 ± 5
𝑥=
12
2
𝑥 = 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = −1
3
4) √𝟐𝒙 + 𝟓 = 𝒙 + 𝟏
“By squaring both sides”
2𝑥 + 5 = (𝑥 + 1)2
2𝑥 + 5 = 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 1
𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜 = 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 − 2𝑥 + 1 − 5
𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜 = 𝑥 2 − 4
𝑥 2 − 4 = 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜
𝑥 = 2 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = −2
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Applications on equations:
𝑻𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒐𝒔𝒕 = 𝐹𝑖𝑥𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡
+ (𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 ∗ 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒𝑑)
𝑻. 𝑪. = 𝑭. 𝒄. +(𝑽. 𝒄 / 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕 ∗ 𝒙)
Exercises:
1) If the selling price is $20 per unit, and the variable cost per unit is $12.5
and the fixed cost is $7000. Find the number of units 𝒙 to make a profit of
$5000.
Solution:
𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑖𝑡 = 𝑅 − 𝐶
𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑖𝑡 = (𝑃 ∗ 𝑥) − (𝐹. 𝑐 + 𝑉. 𝑐 / 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 ∗ 𝑥)
5000 = (20 ∗ 𝑥) − (7000 + 12.5 ∗ 𝑥)
20𝑥 − 12.5𝑥 = 5000 + 7000
7.5𝑥 = 5000
𝑥 =1600 units
2) If costs $80 for each, cost of $40 and the selling price is $100. Find the
number of units to make a profit of $300.
Solution:
𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑖𝑡 = 𝑅 − 𝐶
𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑖𝑡 = (𝑃 ∗ 𝑥) − (𝐹. 𝑐 + 𝑉. 𝑐 / 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 ∗ 𝑥)
300 = (100 ∗ 𝑥) − (40 + 80 ∗ 𝑥)
100𝑥 − 80𝑥 = 300 + 40
20𝑥 = 340
𝑥 =17 units
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3) 𝒀𝒄 = 𝟐𝟓𝟎𝒙 + 𝟐𝟏𝟎𝟎, 𝑷 = 𝟑𝟓𝟎. Find the break-even point.
Solution:
𝑌𝑐 = 𝑅𝑐
250𝑥 + 2100 = 350𝑥
100𝑥 = 2100
𝑥 = 21 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘 − 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛.
4) 𝒀𝑻𝑹 = 𝟖𝒒
𝟐𝟐
𝒀𝑻𝑪 = 𝒒 + 𝟓𝟎𝟎𝟎
𝟗
Find the number of units to break-even point q.
Solution:
𝑌𝑇𝑅 = 𝑌𝑇𝐶
22
8𝑞 = 𝑞 + 5000
9
22
8𝑞 − 𝑞 = 5000
9
50
𝑞 = 5000
9
𝑞 = 900 units.
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