ted practices two types of swimming styles for a total of 50 minutes every day. He spends 20 minutes more practicing the breast stroke than the butterfly stroke

Part A: Write a pair of linear equations to show the relationship between the number of minutes ted practices the butterfly stroke every day (x) and the number of minutes he practices the breast stroke every day (y)

Now for Part A I put 20x

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ted practices two types of swimming styles for a total of 50 minutes every day. He spends 20 minutes more practicing the breast stroke than the butterfly stroke

Part A: Write a pair of linear equations to show the relationship between the number of minutes ted practices the butterfly stroke every day (x) and the number of minutes he practices the breast stroke every day (y)

Now for Part A I put 20x<30y 
but I don't know what to put for the second equation


Part B: How much time does Ted Spend practicing the breast stroke every day?

I put down thirty minutes

lucaz · Answer

the problem asks for an equation, thats an inequality

lucaz · Answer

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