Question

Nancy’s morning routine involves getting dressed , eating breakfast, making her bed , and driving to work . Nancy spends 1/3 of the total time in the morning getting dressed , 10 minutes eating breakfast , 5 minutes making her bed and the remaining time driving to work. If Nancy spent 35 1/2 getting dressed, eating breakfast , and making her bed , how long was her drive to work ?

Answer 1

Answer: Nancy needs 26 minutes to driving to work.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Time taken in eating breakfast = 10 minutes

Time taken in making her bed = 5 minutes

Let the total time taken by her in doing routine activities be x

Time taken in getting dressed is given by

`(1)/(3)x`

So, According to question,

`(x)/(3)+10+5=35(1)/(2)\\\\(x)/(3)+15=(71)/(2)\\\\(x)/(3)=(71)/(2)-15\\\\(x)/(3)=(71-30)/(2)=(41)/(2)\\\\x=(123)/(2)`

Now, we need to find the time taken in driving to work which is given by

Hence, Nancy needs 26 minutes to driving to work.