Question

Melvin plays tennis and swims for a total of 110 minutes every day. He plays tennis 40 minutes more than he swims.

Answer 1

Part A: Write a pair of linear equations to show the relationship between the number of minutes Melvin plays tennis (x) and the number of minutes he swims (y) every day.

Part B: How much time does Melvin spend swimming every day?

Part C: Is it possible for Melvin to have spent 70 minutes playing tennis every day? Explain your reasoning.

Answer 2

@jackiejackiejack Attention pls. re-read the text of this problem - part d. isnt

Answer 3

so given that x - nr. of min. tennis
y - nr. of min. swims

like a first step you know that

x +y = 110

and now how you write that he plays 40 min. more than he swims ?

so than you get the second equation just you need to solve this system of equations for x and y and in this way will get the right answers

hope helped understandably easy