SOLUTION: you and your best friend are both on the swim team. You want to beat your friend at the next swim meet so you decide to swim 151515 minutes longer than she does one day at practice

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Question 1092922: you and your best friend are both on the swim team. You want to beat your friend at the next swim meet so you decide to swim 151515 minutes longer than she does one day at practice.
Write an equation for the number of minutes you swim, y, when your friend swims x number of minutes
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, ikleyn:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y = x + .... what do you think?

Answer by ikleyn(52778) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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How many minutes longer ?