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
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.
Let's represent the time Jacob spends doing freehand exercises as "x" minutes.
According to the given information, Jacob runs on the treadmill for 30 minutes longer than he does freehand exercises. This means he spends (x + 30) minutes running on the treadmill.
We also know that Jacob spends a total of 60 minutes in the gym every day. So we can set up the equation:
x + (x + 30) = 60
Combining like terms, we get:
2x + 30 = 60
Subtracting 30 from both sides, we have:
2x = 30
Dividing both sides by 2, we get:
x = 15
Therefore, Jacob spends 15 minutes doing freehand exercises.