Jacob spends 60 minutes in the gym every day doing freehand exercises and running on the treadmill. He runs on the treadmill for 30 minutes longer than he does freehand exercises

How much time does Jacob spend doing freehand exercises? Show your work

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Let's call the amount of time Jacob spends doing freehand exercises "x".

We know that he runs on the treadmill for 30 minutes longer than he does freehand exercises, so the amount of time he spends running on the treadmill is x + 30.

Together, he spends 60 minutes in the gym, so we can write an equation:

x + (x + 30) = 60

Simplifying:

2x + 30 = 60

2x = 30

x = 15

Therefore, Jacob spends 15 minutes doing freehand exercises.