Question

Jay spent ten more than three times the number of hours on his science fair project than jamie spent on her project jay spent 43 hours working on his project how many hours did jamie spend on her project .
Write and solve an equation

Answer 1

why did both of their names have to start with the same letter

x=jay hours
y=jamie huours

x=10+3y
x=43


so
43=10+3y
minus 10
33=3y
divide 3
11=y

jamies spent 11 hours