A student spends no more than two hours on his math and English homework. If math takes about twice as long as English, what is the maximum time that the student can spend on English?
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Responses
one third hour
one half hour
1 hour
two thirds hour
Let's call the time spent on English homework x.
Since math takes about twice as long as English, the time spent on math would be 2x.
The student spends no more than two hours on homework, so the maximum time they can spend on English is x.