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You watch x minutes of television on Monday, the same amount on Wednesday, and 30 minutes on Friday.

write an expression in simplest form that represents the total amount in each situation.

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y=2x+40 since Monday and wednesday had the same minutes Is 2x and the just add 30 for the minutes in friday
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x + x + 30 = how much television you watch every week.
This simplifies to 2x+30.
Because we know that 30 minutes on Friday is a given, 30 is a constant whereas the x is an unknown number of minutes watched every Monday and Wednesday.

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