How to do word problems where two quantities are unknown

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1

Two cars leave a city at the same time. One heads east at and the other heads west at . How far apart are they after hours?

2

Rosie, Eileen and Sasha order a pizza. It is divided into slices. Eileen eats slice. Roseanne eats twice as many slices as Sasha.

If there are slices of pizza remaining, how many slices did Sasha eat?

3

Michael has red shirts and blue shirts, such that the ratio is red shirts for every blue shirts. What is the minimum number of shirts he can have?

4

A farmer has units of fence. If he uses this to build a square fence, what will be the area enclosed by the fence?

5

A helicopter flies against the wind from city A to city B in 5 hours. The same helicopter returns from city B to city A, in the same direction as the wind, in 4 hours. Find the ratio of the speed of the helicopter to the speed of the wind.

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