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document.write( "Kay spends 250 min/wk exercising. Her ratio of time spent on aerobics to time spent on weight training is 3 to 2. how many minutes per week doe she spend on aerobics? How many minutes per week does she spend on weight training? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #364448 by lwsshak3(11628)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! How do you set- up and equation for this word problem? \n" ); document.write( "Kay spends 250 min/wk exercising. Her ratio of time spent on aerobics to time spent on weight training is 3 to 2. how many minutes per week doe she spend on aerobics? How many minutes per week does she spend on weight training? \n" ); document.write( "** \n" ); document.write( "let x time spent on weight training \n" ); document.write( "250-x=time spent on aerobics \n" ); document.write( "x/(250-x)=3/2 \n" ); document.write( "2x=750-3x \n" ); document.write( "5x=750 \n" ); document.write( "x=150 x \n" ); document.write( "250-x=100 \n" ); document.write( "ans: \n" ); document.write( "min/wk spent on weight training=150 \n" ); document.write( "min/wk spent on aerobics=100 \n" ); document.write( " |