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Solve the following word problems:

Question 1:
Rectangle A has a perimeter of 48cm. Rectangle B has a perimeter of 60cm with 5 times the length and one half the width of rectangle A. Calculate the area of each rectangle.

Question 2:
A theme park sells Adult tickets for £43 and Child tickets for £25. In one hour the theme park sells 14 tickets for a combined sales total of £458. Calculate how many Adult and Child tickets were sold.

Question 3:
Debbie and Alfie have £19.04 between them. Debbie has £9.54 more than Alfie. How much money does each person have?

Question 4:
The mean of two numbers is 56 and the difference is 42. Calculate the product of the two numbers.

Question 5:
4 apples and 3 bananas cost £0.83 altogether. The total cost of 3 apples and 4 bananas is £0.85. Calculate the cost of an apple and a banana.

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Question 1: Rectangle A has an area of 80cm ² and rectangle B has an area of 200cm ²

Question 2: 6 Adult tickets and 8 Child tickets were sold

Question 3: Debbie has £14.29 and Alfie has £4.75

Question 4: The product of the two numbers is 2695

Question 5: A apple costs 11p and a banana costs 13p