Question

paul and tom both commute to work. paul's commute on the train takes 15 minutes more than one third as many minutes as tom's commute by car. it takes paul 45 minutes to get to work. write an equation to determine how many minutes it takes tom to get to work.

Answer 1

It takes Tom 90 minutes to reach at the work.

Given,

Total time taken by paul = 45 minutes

Time taken by tom = x

According to the question,

the equation will be -

45 = (1/3)x + 15

On solving,

45 - 15 = (1/3)x

30 = (1/3)x

x = 90 minutes

So, it takes, tom 90 minutes to reach

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