Question

PLEASE HELP IM GOING TO FAIL

5. A student spends no more than two hours on his math and English homework. If math takes
about twice as long as English, what is the maximum time that the student can spend on
English?

O1/3
hour


O1/2 hour

O 1 hour

O 2/3 hour
(1 point)

Answer 1

2/3 hour

Explanation:

lets say English takes x hour to complete such that Math will take twice as long which is 2x hour. It takes 2 hours to complete both English and Math. So we can write the following equation:-

x+2x=2

or, 3x=2

or, x=2/3

Therefore, English takes 2/3 hour to complete (which is 40 minutes)

And Math takes 4/3 hour to complete (which is 80 minutes)