Questions from Financial Algebra


Q: On June 5, CIGNA instituted a 3-for-1

On June 5, CIGNA instituted a 3-for-1 stock split. Before the split, CIGNA had 200 million shares with a price of $168 per share. a. How many shares were outstanding after the split? b. What was the...

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Q: Anna has an online checking account at Garden City Bank. Her

Anna has an online checking account at Garden City Bank. Her balance at the beginning of February was $5,195.65. During the month, she made deposits totaling $6,873.22, wrote checks totaling c dollars...

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Q: Queens Meadow Bank charges a monthly maintenance fee of $13 and

Queens Meadow Bank charges a monthly maintenance fee of $13 and a check-writing fee of $0.07 per check or EFT. Last year, Mark made 289 payments from his account at Queens Meadow. What was the total o...

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Q: Joby had $421.56 in her checking account when she

Joby had $421.56 in her checking account when she deposited g $20 bills and k quarters. Write an expression that represents the amount of money in her account after the deposit.

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Q: A local publication charges by the character for its classified ads.

A local publication charges by the character for its classified ads. Letters, numbers, spaces, and punctuation each count as one character. They charge $46 for the first 200 characters and $0.15 for e...

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Q: Interpret the quote in the context of what you learned about job

Interpret the quote in the context of what you learned about job-seeking.

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Q: Mike is a veterinarian. He is placing a nine-line

Mike is a veterinarian. He is placing a nine-line job ad for an assistant. The following piecewise function gives the price of an x-line ad. a. Find the difference between the cost of a two-line ad...

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Q: Joanne is looking for a job as a mechanic and plans to

Joanne is looking for a job as a mechanic and plans to distribute business cards at job fairs related to this industry. Her local printer charges $23 per 100 cards, and sells them only in sets of 100....

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Q: Cathy is looking for a job as a bookkeeper. One online

Cathy is looking for a job as a bookkeeper. One online job site lists a job in a stereo store that pays 34.6K. Another job, in a clothing store, has a weekly salary of $620. a. Which job is the highe...

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Q: A car averages 56 mi/h on a trip.

A car averages 56 mi/h on a trip. a. Write an equation that shows the relationship between distance, rate, and time for this situation. b. Let time be the independent variable and distance be the de...

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