SOLUTION: How do you set up this formula? It takes Ashleigh 5 min to type a page of her essay and 1 min to proofread a page. One afternoon she spent 2hr typing and proofreading a total of

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Question 1134422: How do you set up this formula?
It takes Ashleigh 5 min to type a page of her essay and 1 min to proofread a page. One afternoon she spent 2hr typing and proofreading a total of 38 pages. How many pages did she proofread and show many did she type?
Found 3 solutions by Glaviolette, Boreal, josmiceli:
Answer by Glaviolette(140)   (Show Source):
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Let x = number of pages typed and y = number of pages proofread
5x + 1y = 120 (2 hr = 120 min
x + y = 38

Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source):
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# minutes T is 5
# minutes P is 1
2 hr= 120 min
she typed T pages and proofread 38-T pages
T+P=38
5T+1P=120
-5T-P=-120
-4T=-82
T=20.5 pages typed. Answer is not an integer
if she typed 20 pages (100 min) and proofread 18 it is 1h18m
if she typed 21 pages (105 min) and proofread 17 it is 1h20 m
if she typed 20.5 pages (102.5 min) and proofread 17.5 pages (17.5 min), that makes 120 min ANSWER

Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source):
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Let = her time in minutes spent typing
Convert hours to minutes:
min
= her time in minutes spent proofreading
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In words:
[ rate of typing ] x [ time spent typing ] + [rate of proofreading ] x [ time spent proofreading ] = 38

Multiply both sides by

min
and

min
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and

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She typed 20.5 pages and proofread 17.5 pages
( adds up to 38 )
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check my math
Hope it makes sense to you