#64
Let x represent the time spent for valleyball
Then swimming will be 2x
x + 2x = 4.5
3x = 4.5
x = 4.5/3
x = 1.5
Time spent on valleyball: 1 1/2 hours
Time spent on swimming: 3 hours
Pretty sure it’s B
i added and subtracted the numbers to find out that the ratio between the numbers on B are correct
Answer:
Part 1
The mistake is Step 2: P + 2·x = 2·y
Part 2
The correct answer is
Step 2 correction: P - 2·x = 2·y
(P - 2·x)/2 = y
Step-by-step explanation:
Part 1
The student's steps are;
Step 1; P = 2·x + 2·y
Step 2: P + 2·x = 2·y
Step 3: P + 2·x/2 = y
The mistake in the work is in Step 2
The mistake is moving 2·x to the left hand side of the equation by adding 2·x to <em>P </em>to get; P + 2·x = 2·y
Part 2
To correct method to move 2·x to the left hand side of the equation, leaving only 2·y on the right hand side is to subtract 2·x from both sides of the equation as follows;
Step 2 correction: P - 2·x = 2·x + 2·y - 2·x = 2·x - 2·x + 2·y = 2·y
∴ P - 2·x = 2·y
(P - 2·x)/2 = y
y = (P - 2·x)/2
