Iwill be giving a family is driving 600 miles. assuming they stop to get gas 3 times and eat 2 times, how many hours will it take them to reach their destination? how would you estimate the time? you earn points for showing work.

In order to estimate the time it takes for them to travel 600 miles (without interruption), you can divide 600 miles by their velocity or Mph (not given).

Also an approximation of the time they would have spent eating and refueling could be calculated if the information was available.

Let the first number be "x" and the second one "y"

Three times the first number is "3x" and five times the second number is "5y" and some of these is equalt to 54. So,

3x + 5y = 54

And if the second number is two less than the first, that means if we add 2 to the second number it will be equal to the first one, meaning ;

x = y+2

Now we have a system of equations. Let's solve.



From the second equation we have x's value. Will plug it in the first equation.



Now we have y's value. Let's plug it in one of the equations to find x.



So, (x, y) = (8, 6)

Answer is (8,6)