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Three prizes are to be distributed in a Creative Design Talent Search Contest. The value of the second prize i

Three prizes are to be distributed in a Creative Design Talent Search Contest. The value of the second prize is five-sixths the value of the first prize, and the value of the third prize is fourth-fifths that of the second prize. Express the total value of the three prizes as an algebraic expression. Comment on the kind of terms of the algebraic expression. Mr. Pinto is a Web designer. He is trying to put 4 characters on a page. The space occupied by character 2 takes 5 units more than character 1, character 3 takes 7 units less than the character 2, and character 4 takes the same space as that taken by character 2. Find the total space occupied by all the characters in an algebraic expression. Comment on the kind of terms of the algebraic expression. Lisa is coloring her creation. The blue color used is 50% of the green color used, yellow is 5% of the blue color used, and brown is 7% of the amount of green used. She wants to find the total amount of color used by her. Find the total amount of color used by Lisa using an algebraic expression. Comment on the kind of terms of the algebraic expression

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1. second prize is 5y/6 Third prize is 4/5 * 5y/6, which equals 20y/30 or 2y/3 y + 5y/6 + 2y/3 -------------------------------------- "a" is the space occupied by character 1 a + (a+5) + (a + 5 - 7) + (a + 5) a + a + 5 + a -2 + a + 5 4a + 8 = total space ----------------------------------- g = green color blue = .5g yellow = .05(.5g) brown = .07 g g + .5g + .025g + .07g = total color used 1.595 g