Question

Jacob finished his test 10 minutes before Mark. Which equation represents the time, j, Jacob spent on the test compared to the time, m, Mark spent on the test?

Answer 1

The time Jacob spent on the test represented by J = (m + 10) minutes

where m is the number of minutes spent by Mark on the test

Explanation:

Here, we want to give an equation which represents the time taken for Jacob to finish his test compared to the time m which Mark spent on the test.

Since Jacob finished 10 minutes before Mark, it means Mark actually took longer on the test.

Now, we are told that Mark spent m minutes on the test, the time spent by Jacob on the test is thus (m + 10) minutes

Let the amount of time spent by Jacob be J minutes. This in relation to the amount of time spent by Mark will be ;

J = (m + 10) minutes