Question
Read the following description of a relationship:
At every company meeting, the president speaks for 20 minutes and then takes questions from her employees.
Let q represent the number of minutes she spends answering questions and t represent the total number of minutes the meeting lasts.
Find the value of t when q=10.
t=
At every company meeting, the president speaks for 20 minutes and then takes questions from her employees.
Let q represent the number of minutes she spends answering questions and t represent the total number of minutes the meeting lasts.
Find the value of t when q=10.
t=
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The total duration of the meeting \( t \) consists of the time the president speaks and the time she spends answering questions.
According to the description:
- The president speaks for 20 minutes.
- The time spent answering questions is represented by \( q \).
Therefore, we can express the total time \( t \) as:
\[
t = 20 + q
\]
If we are given that \( q = 10 \) minutes, we can substitute this value into the equation:
\[
t = 20 + 10 = 30
\]
Thus, the value of \( t \) when \( q = 10 \) is:
\[
\boxed{30}
\]
According to the description:
- The president speaks for 20 minutes.
- The time spent answering questions is represented by \( q \).
Therefore, we can express the total time \( t \) as:
\[
t = 20 + q
\]
If we are given that \( q = 10 \) minutes, we can substitute this value into the equation:
\[
t = 20 + 10 = 30
\]
Thus, the value of \( t \) when \( q = 10 \) is:
\[
\boxed{30}
\]