Question

Today, Thurber studies math for 15 minutes and he studies science for 75 minutes. From now on, Thurber plans to study math for 50 minutes per day and to study science for 30 minutes per day. Will Thurber ever have studied the same total amount of time for both math and science? Explain. Use the drop-down menus to complete the sentence. days from today, Thurber will have studied of math and minutes of science.

Answer 1

3 days

Explanation:

Given that :

Today :

Study time for math = 15 minutes

Study time for science = 75 minutes

Subsequent days :

Study time for math = 50 minutes

Study time for science = 30 minutes

Let the number of days when study time for math and science will be the same = x

15 + 50x = 75 + 30x

50x - 30x = 75 - 15

20x = 60

x = 60 / 20

x = 3

3 days