SOLUTION: Charmaine the trainer has two solo workout plans that she offers her clients: Plan A and Plan B. Each client does either one or the other (not both). On Monday there were 5 clients

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Question 1155891: Charmaine the trainer has two solo workout plans that she offers her clients: Plan A and Plan B. Each client does either one or the other (not both). On Monday there were 5 clients who did Plan A and 3 who did Plan B. On Tuesday there were 2 clients who did Plan A and 12 who did Plan B. Charmaine trained her Monday clients for a total of 9 hours and her Tuesday clients for a total of 9 hours. How long does each of the workout plans last?
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = hrs/client for plan A
Let = hrs/client for plan B
Add up total hrs for Monday
(1)
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Add up total hrs for Tuesday
(2)
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Multiply both sides of (1) by and
subtract (2) from (1)
(1)
(2)
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(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
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Plan A lasts 1.5 hrs
Plan B lasts .5 hrs
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check the math

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