You make a tape of your friend's three favorite TV shows: a comedy, a drama and a reality
show. An episode of the comedy lasts 30 minutes, while an episode of the drama or the
reality show lasts 60 minutes. The tape can hold 360 minutes of programming. You
completely fill the tape with 7 episodes and include twice as many episodes of the drama as
the comedy. How many episodes of each show are on the tape?

Respuesta :

Answer:

comedy = 2

drama = 4

reality = 1

Step-by-step explanation:

comedy  = 30min

denote as "c"

drama = 60min

denote as "d"

reality = 60min

denote as "r"

write in English

(30min of c) + (60 min of d) + (60min of r) totals to 360 min

translate to mathematics

(30c) + (60d) + (60r) = 360

we also know that there is a total of seven episodes

so we can say

c + d + r = 7

and we also know that there are twice as many episodes of drama as there is of comedy so it can be said that

d = 2c

now there is a system of equations

30c + 60d + 60r = 360

c +d + r = 7

d = 2c

all we know have to do is simplify and solve

substitute in the second equation, into the first

c + d + r = 7

d = 2c

c + 2c + r = 7

simplify

3c + r = 7

r = 7 - 3c

substitute this into the first equation

d = 2c

r  = 7 -3c

30c + 60d + 60r = 360

30c + 60(2c) + 60(7 - 3c) = 360

distribute

30c + 120c + 420 - 180c = 360

simplify

-30c + 420 = 360

      -420       -420

-30c = -60

c = 2

substitute back into the other equations and solve

d = 2c

d = 2 *2

d = 4

r = 7 - 3c

r = 7 - 3 * 2

r = 7 -6

r = 1

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