Question

Students are given 3 minutes to complete each multiple-choice question on a test and 8 minutes for each free-response question. There are 15 questions on the test and the students have been given 55 minutes to complete it

Answer 1

Let

x------> the number of multiple choice question

y------> the number of free response question

we know that

-----> equation A

-----> equation B

Substitute equation B in equation A

Find the value of x

therefore

the answer is

the number of multiple choice question are

the number of free response question are