Problema Solution

You are going to take a test that includes both calculator problems and non-calculator problems. You can do a calculator problem in 2 minutes and a non-calculator problem in 4 minutes. You have 40 minutes to take the test and may answer no more than 12 problems. Letting c = the number of calculator problems attempted and n = the number of non-calculator problems you attempted, find the equation that you would use to consider the number of minutes each problem takes.

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Since the number of minutes that each problem takes is already given, I am assuming we need to find the number of calculator and non-calculator problems.

The equations used to find the number of calculator problems and non-calculator problems attempted is:

c + n <= 12

2c + 4n = 40