Asked by nunya

Liam reads for 40 minutes on Saturday and 20 minutes on most weekdays. Last week he read for a total of 140 minutes. How many weekdays did he read?

Use the equation you wrote to solve for x, the number of weekdays that he read.
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Let x = number of weekdays he read. The total minutes: 40 (Saturday) + 20x (weekdays) = 140.

Solve: 40 + 20x = 140
20x = 100
x = 5

He read on 5 weekdays.