Problema Solution
on average people spend 22.5 hours a month watching videos on a computer or on a television. the spend 6.8 more hours watching videos on a television than on a computer. How much time do they spend on each
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Let
c = the hours spent watching videos on a computer
c + 6.8 = the hours spent watching videos on tv
Altogether they spend 22.5 hours watching videos:
c + c + 6.8 = 22.5
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c = 7.85 hr
c = 7 hr 0.85*60 min
c = 7 hr 51 min
c + 6.8 = 7.85 + 6.8 = 14.65 hr = 14 hr 0.65*60 min = 14 hr 39 min
On average people watch videso: 7 hours and 51 minutes on a computer and 14 hours and 39 minutes on television.