hi i am a freshman in college and i am in intermediate algebra and completely lost!!!!! i was assigned 15 homework problems and out of the 8 i have attempted i only understood 1.

these are two of the problems im having trouble with do you think you can explain to me how they are done?

A restaurant manager mixes 5L of pure maple syrup that costs $9.50 per liter with imitation maple syrup that costs $4.00 per liter. How much imitation maple syrup is needed to make a mixture that costs $5.00 per liter?


A helicopter traveling 130mph overtakes a speeding car traveling 80mph. The car had a .5-hour head start. How far from the starting point does the helicopter overtake the car?


please im desperate for help and there are no tutors available to help in my area