Question

Shirley has enrolled for violin classes. She puts in a total of 14 hours of practice

in a week. Find the number of hours spent on practice over a 10 day period.
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Answer 1

Explanation:

1 week = 7 days

given 7 days = 14 hours of practice

and let x be the number of hours spent on practicing and y the number of days.

from the above expression we can have the equation,

`y = (x)/(2)`

using the equation when y = 10,

`(x)/(2) = 10 \\ x = 2(10) \\ = 20`