Sam the trainer has two solo workout plans that he offers his clients: Plan A and Plan B. Each client does either one or the other (not both). On Wednesday
there were 5 clients who did Plan A and 3 who did Plan B. on Thursday there were 7 clients who did Plan A and 9 who did Plan B. Sam trained his Wednesday
clients for a total of 6 hours and his Thursday clients for a total of 12 hours. How long does each of the workout plans last?
Length of each Plan A workout:
Length of each Plan B workout:

Respuesta :

Answer: 45 minutes for BOTH workouts

Step-by-step explanation:

Let time for plan a be x

Let time for plan b be y

On Wednesday

# of clients for plan a are 5

# clients for plan b are 3

On Thursday

# of clients for plan a are 7

# of clients for plan b are 9

Wednesday eqn --> 5x+3y=6

Thursday eqn --> 7x+9y=12

Multiply Wednesday equation by -3 and use elimination to solve

-15x-9y=-18

7x+9y=12

-8x=-6

x=6/8

Reduce: x=3/4 hour

Substitute x=3/4 into Thursday equation

7(3/4)+9y=12

9y=27/4

y=3/4

Therefore, the length of BOTH the plan a and plan b workouts were 45 minutes