Question

On her way to work

train ride took her
ay to work, Ms. Bowman waited 20 minutes at a subway station. The
took her (x + 30) minutes to reach Grand Central Station. Then, she
red for another 5 x minutes before reaching her office. How much time, in
minutes, did Ms. Bowman take to travel to her office?

Answer 1

Answer:
`(6x+50)\ minutes`

Explanation:

You need to analize the information provided in the exercise.

You know that:

• 20 minutes is the time she waited in thse subway station.
• The time to reach Grand Central Station was
  `(x + 30)\ minutes`.
• And spent
  `5x` before reaching to work.

Therefore, in order to find the time she took to travel to her office, you need to add the times given in the exercise:

`(x + 30+20+5x)\ minutes`.

Adding the like terms, you get:

`=(6x+50)\ minutes`