Question

Joe, Eric, and Tyler are taking a road trip. Tyler drives twice as long as Eric, Joc drives 25 minutes morethan Eric. If they drove for a total of 145 minutes, find how long each person drove.

Answer 1

Let x represent the number of minutes that Eric drove.

Tyler drove twice as long as Eric. This means that the distance that Yyler drove is 2x

Joc drives 25 minutes more than Eric. This means that the distance that Joc drove is x + 25

If they drove for a total of 145 minutes, it means that

x + 2x + x + 25 = 145

4x + 25 = 145

4x = 145 - 25

4x = 120

x = 120/4

x = 30

Eric drove for 30 minutes

Tyler drove for 2 * 30 = 60 minutes

Joc drove for 330 + 25 = 55 minutes