It takes five times as long to hard-boil an egg as it does to soft-boil an egg. If it takes x minutes to prepare a soft-boiled egg, and every egg must be cooked one at a time, which of the following terms indicates the amount of time it will take for a short-order cook to prepare 10 hard-boiled eggs and 5 soft-boiled eggs?

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mertsj · Answer

Let x = minutes to prepare a soft-boiled egg
5x = minutes to prepare a hard-boiled egg
5 soft-boiled eggs require 5x minutes to prepare
10 hard-boiled eggs require 10(5x) minutes to prepare.