A gym teacher has set up requirement for students preparing to take a national fitness test where s represents sit ups and p represents push ups. This can be represented with the equations s+p=175 and s=5p, which are graphed below.

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At what whole number of sit ups are both conditions (set by the equations) met. Since there are no partial sit ups or push ups, you may need to round your answer a bit.

A. 146

B. 875

C. 29

D. 175

Question

A gym teacher has set up requirement for students preparing to take a national fitness test where s represents sit ups and p represents push ups. This can be represented with the equations s+p=175 and s=5p, which are graphed below.

http://ncvps.blackboard.com/courses/1/CR_Math1Sec01Spr14/ppg/respondus/exam_Module_6_Pre-Assessment_New/question_3.jpg

At what whole number of sit ups are both conditions (set by the equations) met. Since there are no partial sit ups or push ups, you may need to round your answer a bit.

		
A. 146

		
B. 875

		
C. 29

		
D. 175