Problema Solution
According to statistics, a person will devote 37 years to sleeping and watching TV. The number of sleeping will exceed the number of years watching TV by 19. Over the lifetime, how many years will the person spend on each of these activities?
The person will spend () years watching TV and () years sleeping
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Let
t = the years spent watching TV
t + 19 = the years spent sleeping
The total number of years spent on watching TV and sleeping is 37:
t + t + 19 = 37
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t = 9 years
t + 19 = 9 + 19 = 28 years
The person will spend 9 years watching TV and 28 years sleeping.