*brain teaser*

a teacher walks into the classroom and says: if only *yesterday* was *tomorrow*, *today* would have been a *saturday*. now on which day did the teacher make this statement?

(a) sunday
(b) monday
(c) thursday
(d) friday
(e) saturday

1. are the triangles similar and if so why? what is the value of x? show your work.

The local farm is advertising a special on fresh picked peaches. the farm charges $4.25 to pick your own peck of peaches and $3.50 for each additional peck you pick. write an equation for the total cost of peaches in terms of the number of pecks. deine your variables. how much does it cost to pick 3 pecks of peaches?

Jordan has $5.37, which he is using to buy ingredients to make salsa. he is buying one red pepper for $1.29 and three pounds of tomatoes. if jordan has exactly the right amount of money he needs, what is the price per pound of the tomatoes? choose the correct equation to represent this real-world problem. solve the equation and verify the reasonableness of your answer. a pound of tomatoes costs .