Answer: Statements 1 and 2 shows that the coach blowing the whistle happened first.
Step-by-step explanation: The coach blowing the whistle as the first event can be seen only from statements 1 and 2 only.
From statement 1, "the referee blew the whistle" was followed by "the team ran onto the field."
From statement 2, "before the team ran onto the field" shows clearly that one event took place "BEFORE" the one being reported and the one that occurred before this one was "the referee blew the whistle."
Statement 3 which is "the referee blew the whistle, BUT..." indicates that the whistle was meant to prevent the team from from running onto the field. So if the referee blew the whistle, but the team ran onto the field, it means the whistle blowing was not supposed to make them run onto the field.
Statement 4, which states that "the referee blew the whistle BECAUSE the team ran onto the field" indicates that, the reason for blowing the whistle was because the team ran onto the field which clearly shows that the team ran onto the field first before the referee blew the whistle.
Statement 5, "WHILE the team ran onto the field..." clearly shows that both events took place at the same moment, and so the referee blowing the whistle could not have occurred first.
You didn't include the costs of doing repairs at both computer repair firms. I fixed that for you.
ABC Tech ------- $20 service charge plus $15 per hour.
Tech squad ------- $30 service charge plus $10 per hour.
Answer:
Steven's estimate of the repair time is 2 hours.
Step-by-step explanation:
Now in this case, we were told that ABC Tech normally charges $20 service charge and $15 per hour of computer repair service. The second tech firm charges $30 service charge and $10 per hour for computer repair service. We are now simply required to find out or calculate the number of hours of computer repair service whereby the cost of doing repairs at both tech firms become equal.
Let us use "x" to represent that unknown number of hours. The equation needed to calculate this is:
20 + 15x = 30 + 10x
We then pair like terms
15x - 10x = 30 - 20
5x = 10
x = 10/5
x = 2
Therefore the number of hours of computer repair service whereby the cost of doing repairs at both tech firms become equal is 2 hours.
