Write a system of equations to describe the situation below, solve using any method, and fill in the blanks.Dr. Yamamoto, a pediatrician, has 3 annual checkups and 1 sick visit scheduled next Tuesday, which will fill a total of 159 minutes on his schedule. Next Wednesday, he has 1 annual checkup and 1 sick visit on the schedule, which should take 63 minutes. How much time is allotted for each type of appointment?The time allotted is _ minutes for an annual checkup and _ minutes for a sick visit.
Q. Write a system of equations to describe the situation below, solve using any method, and fill in the blanks.Dr. Yamamoto, a pediatrician, has 3 annual checkups and 1 sick visit scheduled next Tuesday, which will fill a total of 159 minutes on his schedule. Next Wednesday, he has 1 annual checkup and 1 sick visit on the schedule, which should take 63 minutes. How much time is allotted for each type of appointment?The time allotted is _ minutes for an annual checkup and _ minutes for a sick visit.
Define Time Variables: Let's denote the time for an annual checkup as x minutes and the time for a sick visit as y minutes.Dr. Yamamoto has 3 annual checkups and 1 sick visit scheduled next Tuesday, which will fill a total of 159 minutes on his schedule. This can be represented by the equation:3x+y=159
Schedule for Next Tuesday: Next Wednesday, he has 1 annual checkup and 1 sick visit on the schedule, which should take 63 minutes. This can be represented by the equation:x+y=63
Schedule for Next Wednesday: We now have a system of equations:3x+y=159x+y=63We can use either substitution or elimination to solve this system. Let's use the elimination method by subtracting the second equation from the first to eliminate y.(3x+y)−(x+y)=159−63
System of Equations: Perform the subtraction to solve for x.3x+y−x−y=159−632x=96x=296x=48
Elimination Method: Now that we have the value for x, we can substitute it back into one of the original equations to solve for y. Let's use the second equation:x+y=6348+y=63y=63−48y=15
Solve for x: We have found the values for x and y:x=48y=15This means that the time allotted for an annual checkup is 48 minutes and the time for a sick visit is 15 minutes.
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