Question

You and your best friend are both on the swim team. You want to beat your friend at the next swim meet so you decide to swim 151515 minutes longer than she does one day at practice. Write an equation for the number of minutes you swim, yyy, when your friend swims xxx number of minutes. Y

Answer 1

yyy = xxx + 151515

Explanation:

Since you want to swim 151515 minutes longer one day at practice (note this time is actually 105 days), you simply need to swim the same amount of time as your friend, plus the extra time. Hence, your time will be equal to your friends time plus the extra time you plan to swim.