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Josan and Adamas want to play a video game together. Their parents let them earn credits for video game time by reading books.

Josan's credits are each worth 5
5
minutes of play, and Adamas's credits are each worth 10
10
minutes of play. Josan also starts each day with 6
6
free credits, and she has already used 10
10
minutes of her video game time.

They each want to earn enough credits so that they will have the same number of minutes to play video games.

Which equation will solve for the number of credits,
z
, they must earn to have the same amount of play time?

User Mhartl
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Final answer:

The equation that will solve for the number of credits Josan and Adamas must earn to have the same amount of play time is 6 + 10 + 5z = 10 + 10z. However, there is no solution for this equation. Josan and Adamas cannot have the same play time.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine the number of credits, z, that Josan and Adamas must earn to have the same amount of play time, we need to set up an equation.

Let's represent Josan's total play time in minutes as x. Since Josan starts each day with 6 free credits and has already used 10 minutes, Josan's play time can be expressed as x = 6 + 10 + 5z, where z is the number of credits Josan needs to earn.

Similarly, Adamas's total play time in minutes can be represented as y, and it can be expressed as y = 10 + 10z, where z is the number of credits Adamas needs to earn.

Since we want Josan and Adamas to have the same play time, we can set up the equation x = y:

6 + 10 + 5z = 10 + 10z

To solve for z, we can subtract 6 from both sides and subtract 10z from both sides:

5z - 10z = 10 - 6

Simplifying, we get -5z = 4.

Dividing both sides by -5, we find that z = -4/5.

However, since we cannot have a negative number of credits, we can conclude that there is no solution. Josan and Adamas cannot have the same play time.

User Knvarma
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Answer:

5(z+6) − 10=10z

Step-by-step explanation:

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