Question

Liner equation Melissa and Jane are planting trees Melissa plants 10 tree in 1 hour Jane plants 17 trees in 2 hours enter an equation that can be used to find the number of hours t t takes Melissa and Jane to plant 111 trees together

Answer 1

6 hours

Explanation:

What we must do is calculate the speed of each one,

Melissa in one hour plants 10 trees, that is 10/1 is her speed.

Jane in two hours plants 17 trees, that is 17/2 is her speed.

Now, we want to know the time it takes to plant 11 trees, so the sum of the previous speeds is equal to 111 / x

10/1 + 17/2 = 111 / x

18.5 = 111 / x

x = 111 / 18.5

x = 6

Which means that in 6 hours between the two they can plant 111 trees