Question

Judy worked out for more than 35 minutes total. She spent 12 minutes running, and x minutes each on 4 stations. How much time could she have spent on each station?

Answer 1

Judy spent the remaining time of 23 minutes at four different workout stations after running for 12 minutes. Dividing this time equally, she could have spent either 5 or 6 minutes on each station, assuming whole numbers are used for timing each station.

Step-by-step explanation:

Judy worked out for more than 35 minutes in total and spent 12 minutes running, followed by an equal amount of time on four different stations, represented as x minutes on each station. To find out how much time she could have spent on each station, we need to first deduct the time spent running from the total minimum workout time:

35 minutes (total workout time) - 12 minutes (running) = 23 minutes remaining for the four stations.

Since she spent an equal amount of time on each of the four stations, we divided the remaining time by the number of stations:

23 minutes ÷ 4 stations = 5.75 minutes per station.

Since it is not possible to work out for a fractional part of a minute, Judy could have spent either 5 or 6 minutes on each station, assuming that she worked out for more than 35 minutes and the time spent on each station has to be a whole number.