At the post office, Amaya sorted 40 letters in 16 minutes. After a total of 32 minutes, she has sorted 80 letters. What coordinates would represent her work?

Answer 1

Let x represent the number of letters Amaya sorted in the first 16 minutes. We can set up an equation to represent this situation:

x/16 = 40.

Multiplying both sides of the equation by 16, we get:

x = 640.

Therefore, Amaya sorted 640 letters in the first 16 minutes.

Let y represent the number of additional letters Amaya sorted in the next 16 minutes. We can set up another equation to represent this situation:

y/16 = 80 - 40.

Simplifying, we get:

y/16 = 40.

Multiplying both sides of the equation by 16, we get:

y = 640.

Therefore, Amaya sorted an additional 640 letters in the next 16 minutes.

Since Amaya sorted 640 letters in the first 16 minutes and an additional 640 letters in the next 16 minutes, she sorted a total of 640 + 640 = 1280 letters in 32 minutes.

To represent her work, we can use the coordinates (32, 1280).