SOLUTION: During an 8-hour day, a veterinarian spent twice as much time tending animals at her clinic as she did making house calls. If she spent one hour of the day eating lunch, how many h

Question 764346: During an 8-hour day, a veterinarian spent twice as much time tending animals at her clinic as she did making house calls. If she spent one hour of the day eating lunch, how many hours did she spend making house calls?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = time vet spent making house calls
= vets time spent tending animals
hours spent eating lunch, so vet worked
hrs/day
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hrs

convert hr to minutes
min
The vet spent 2 hrs and 20 min making house calls
check:

OK
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