Mr. Garcia needs to cut short pieces out of a 16-foot- long board to use as spacers in the wall of his new
house. The pieces he needs for spacers must be 9
inches long. Without using your calculator, how would
you determine how many such spacers could be cut
from Mr. Garcia's board?
PLEASE HELP

let soccer = x and golf = y

part a

1st equation: x + y = 125

2nd equation: x = y +45

part b

replace x in the 1st equation with the 2nd one:

y + 45 + y = 125

simplify:

2y + 45 = 125

subtract 45 from each side:

2y = 80

divide both sides by 2:

y = 80/2

y = 40

she plays golf for 40 minutes.

part c

no because she plays soccer for 45 minutes longer than golf 40 +45 =   85 minutes, not 80 minutes.

the answer i think is a)

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i use my brain for prombles like this maybe you could try it

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