Answer:
see below
Step-by-step explanation:
butterfly = x minutes
breast = y minutes
total is 50 minutes
breast stroke = butterfly +20
Part A
x+y = 50
y = x+20
Part B
Substitute the second equation into the first
x+ (x+20) = 50
2x+20 = 50
2x+20-20 = 50-20
2x = 30
2x/2 = 30/2
x = 15
y = x+20
y = 20+15
y = 35 minutes
35 minutes on the breast stroke
Part C
45 minutes on the butterfly is not reasonable
We only have a total of 50 minutes
50-45 = 5
But he spend more time on the breast stroke ( 20 minutes more), but if he spend 45 minutes on the butterfly, he would have to spend less on the breast stroke.
$3.50 being the amount the item <em>t</em> costs and <em>t</em> being the number of this item.
Answer:
60 minutes or 1 hour
Step-by-step explanation:
Set x as the amount of time she spends riding the bus
75 = time on bus + time on train
She spends 4 times as long on the train as on the bus so the time she spends on the train is 4x
75 = x + 4x
75 = 5x
x = 15 minutes on the bus
Since she spends 4 times as long on the train, we do 4 x 15 and we get 60 minutes which is 1 hour
