42. Is it possible to find 3 consecutive odd integers whose sum is 59?
43. Mrs. Saunders can clean the windows of her house in 3 hours. Her daughter can clean the
windows in 6 hours. How long will it take them to clean the windows if they work together?
44. A driver can deliver his newspapers in 80 minutes. His friend can take care of the same
route in 2 hours. How long would it take them to do the job together?
45. One pipe can fill a tank in 8 minutes, a second can fill it in 12 minutes and a third can fill it
in 24 minutes. If the tank is empty how long will it take the three pipes, operating together,
to fill it?
46. Two printing presses, working together, can complete a job in 2 hours. If one press
requires 6 hours to do the job alone, how many hours would the second press need to
complete the job alone?
47. One supplementary angle is 5 more than six times the other angle. What is the measure
of each angle?
48. One complementary angles measures 18 less than five times the other angle. What is the
measure of each angle?
49. If the perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 24 inches, find a side of the triangle.
50. Each of the equal sides of an isosceles triangle is 4 times the third side. The perimeter of
the triangle is 144 inches. Find the sides of the triangle.
51. The perimeter of a triangle is 73 inches. If the second side is 5 inches longer than twice
the first side, and the third side is 4 inches less than three times the first side, how long is
each side?
52. The length of a rectangle is three times the difference of the width and two. If the
perimeter of the rectangle is 60 cm, what is the length of the rectangle?
53. A rectangular playground is enclosed by 440 feet of fencing. If the length of the playground
is 20 feet less than 3 times the width, find the dimensions of the playground.
54. The lengths of the sides of a triangle are represented by three consecutive even integers.
If the perimeter of the triangle is 96 feet, find the lengths of its sides.
55. The length of a rectangle exceeds 3 times its width by 1 inch. If the length of the rectangle
is diminished by 3 inches and the width is doubled, a new rectangle is formed whose
perimeter is 46 inches. Find the dimensions of the original rectangle.
56. Each side of a regular hexagon is 4 inches less than a side of a square. The perimeter of
the hexagon is equal to the perimeter of the square. Find a side of the hexagon and a side
of the square.