At Pablo's auto shop, it takes him 12 minutes to do an oil change and 24 minutes to do a tire change. Let x be the number of oil changes he does. Let y be the number of tire changes he does.
Using the values and variables given, write an inequality describing how many oil changes and tire changes Pablo can do in less than 3 hours (180 minutes).

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At Pablo's auto shop, it takes him 12 minutes to do an oil change and 24 minutes to do a tire change. Let x be the number of oil changes he does. Let y be the number of tire changes he does.
Using the values and variables given, write an inequality describing how many oil changes and tire changes Pablo can do in less than 3 hours (180 minutes).

anonymous · Answer

12x+24y=180 is the equation. Try and solve it

anonymous · Answer

Is the answer 13?

anonymous · Answer

nope. You can also simplify the equation by doing 36x=180.

anonymous · Answer

The two equations are basically the same. X and y are basically one. You can do 180/36 which is the opposite of multiplication.

anonymous · Answer

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