Valentina is trying to decide whether to join her school's swim team. During the summer, the team practices 4 days per week. Each of those days, they practice for 3 hours in the morning and practice again in the afternoon. They practice for a total of 20 hours each week. Which equation can you use to find h, the length of each afternoon practice in hours? Choices: (A)4h + 3 = 20 (B)3h + 4 = 20 (C)4(h + 3) = 20 (D)3(h + 4) = 20 How long is each afternoon practice? Write your answer as a whole number or a simplified fraction. ____ hours

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Valentina is trying to decide whether to join her school's swim team. During the summer, the team practices 4 days per week. Each of those days, they practice for 3 hours in the morning and practice again in the afternoon. They practice for a total of 20 hours each week. Which equation can you use to find h, the length of each afternoon practice in hours?   Choices: (A)4h + 3 = 20 (B)3h + 4 = 20 (C)4(h + 3) = 20 (D)3(h + 4) = 20  How long is each afternoon practice? Write your answer as a whole number or a simplified fraction.   ____ hours

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Calculate total afternoon hours:  Identify the total hours of practice per week and the hours already accounted for by morning practices. Calculate the total afternoon practice hours. Establish relationship equation:  Determine the equation that correctly represents the relationship between the number of days, hours of afternoon practice per day, and total afternoon practice hours. Solve for h:  Solve the correct equation for h, the length of each afternoon practice.

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