Olivia family drove to Disney land For spring break. Her mom and dad shared the driving duties for a total of 14 hours. her mom drove 65 mph and her dad drove 60 mph if they drove a total of 895 miles how many hours did each person drive for

For this case we propose a system of equations:

x: Variable that represents the amount of hours that Olivia's mother drove

y: Variable that represents the amount of hours that Olivia's father drove

So, we have:

From the first equation we have:

Substituting in the second equation:

Thus, Olivia's father drove 3 hours.

Olivia's mother drove 11 hours.