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To be eligible for retirement benefits

by ska7945 » Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:58 am
To be eligible for retirement benefits at the Omega Corporation, the sum of an employee’s age, in years, and the number of years of employment must be at least 70. If x, where x < 70, is a certain employee’s age when hired and y is the minimum number of years of employment required for the employee to be eligible for retirement benefits, which of the following equations represents the relationship between x and y ?

A. xy = 70
B. x + y = 70
C. 2x + y = 70
D. x + 2y = 70
E. 2x + 2y = 70
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Re: To be eligible for retirement benefits

by parallel_chase » Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:15 am
ska7945 wrote:To be eligible for retirement benefits at the Omega Corporation, the sum of an employee’s age, in years, and the number of years of employment must be at least 70. If x, where x < 70, is a certain employee’s age when hired and y is the minimum number of years of employment required for the employee to be eligible for retirement benefits, which of the following equations represents the relationship between x and y ?

A. xy = 70
B. x + y = 70
C. 2x + y = 70
D. x + 2y = 70
E. 2x + 2y = 70

age + employment = 70

age + y = 70

age = x+y

x+y+y=70

x+2y = 70


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by ska7945 » Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:26 am
you got it right
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by Martian421 » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:06 am
i'm a little confused on this:

age = x+y

can you guys elaborate further?
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by superrrom » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:19 am
Martian421 wrote:i'm a little confused on this:

age = x+y

can you guys elaborate further?

read in the question where it says about X

"If x, where x < 70, is a certain employee’s age when hired "

so you are hired you are X, then you add Y years spent in Co. that would be your Age.
To do the test: age + years in company which is X + Y + again Y =70
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by Martian421 » Thu Sep 11, 2008 11:38 am
knew i was missing something...

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