Ben ate one-half of the jelly beans that were in a jar and passed the jar to Clarissa. Clarissa ate one-third of the remaining jelly beans and passed the jar to Joshua. Joshua ate one-fourth of the jelly beans that remained and passed the jar to Rebecca. Rebecca ate the last 12 jelly beans. How...

Find three consecutive even integers such that 5 times the first plus 6 times the second is equal to 7 times the third.

two divided by the difference of a number and 3 minus 4 divided by a number plus 3, equals 8 times the reciprocal of the difference of the number squared and 9. what is the number? define your variable(s), generate your equation(s), and solve the application problem.

A pool is filled by two pipes. It takes the first pipe 2 hours more and the second pipe 4 hours more to fill it than both pipes at the same time. The book says that the first pipe fills the pool in 5 hours and the second one in 7.5 hours, so I think I did something wrong. Anyway, here's what I...

One printing shop charges $5 plus $.02 perpage and a second shop charges $7 plus $.015 per page. If ___ pages are printed, the total cost is less for the first printing shop. a. less than 1500 b. less than 2100 c. less than 400 d. less than 900 I got c for my answer. Just checking to see...