A hippopotamus can stay under water for 15 minutes. A sea cow can stay under water y minutes. This is 11 minutes longer than one third the time a hippopotamus can. Write an equation and solve to determine how long the sea cow can stay under water.
Y = (1/3)15 +11 =
To solve this problem, let's first set up an equation based on the given information.
Let's assume the time a hippopotamus can stay underwater is "x" minutes.
According to the given information, a sea cow can stay underwater for 11 minutes longer than one third the time a hippopotamus can. So, the equation can be written as:
y = (1/3)x + 11
Here, "y" represents the time a sea cow can stay underwater.
To solve for y, we will substitute the value of x and then solve the equation.
Since we know that a hippopotamus can stay underwater for 15 minutes, we substitute x with 15:
y = (1/3)(15) + 11
Simplifying the equation:
y = 5 + 11
y = 16
Therefore, the sea cow can stay underwater for 16 minutes.