Question

Malia did push-ups and pull-ups in her physical education class. She did 24 push-ups and pull-ups combined, with each push-up taking her 2 seconds and each pull-up taking her 4 seconds. If she spent a total of 68 seconds doing the push-ups and pull-ups, how many pull-ups did she do?

A.2
B.4
C. 10
D.14

Answer 1

It's 10.

Explanation:

I just got it right on my unit test review.

Answer 2

10 pull

As 48 seconds + 20 seconds push = 68 seconds

Explanation:

Because she did 10 push = 20 seconds = 2 seconds each

12 pull = 48 seconds = 4 seconds each

= 68 seconds combined.

Workings;

18 seconds found for the first set

We then find a divider of 68 and know that

6 x 3 = 18 seconds push

12 x 3 =36 seconds pull T= 54

14 left over = 1 x 12 seconds pull

+ 2 seconds push

= 10 push = 20 seconds combined.

= 12 pull = 48 seconds combined.

68/24 = 2.8- so 14 x 2 = 28 and 10 x 4 = 40 so the answer is 14 push and 10 pull