Question

A reservation clerk worked 9 hours one day. She spent twice as much time entering new reservations as she did verifying old ones and one and a half as much time callng to confirm resrvations as verifying old ones. How much time did she spend entering new reservations?

Answer 1

let t = time verifying old reservations . then
2t + t + 1.5t = 9
4.5t = 9
t = 2
time entering new reservations = 2t = 4 hours

Answer 2

Thank you so much, I was missing the t in the middle, that helps so much thank you