Question 24 Answer and Explanation _ACT OG3 Form 3MC Math Section

24. When Jeff starts a math assignment, he spends 5 minutes getting out his book and a sheet of paper, sharpening his pencil, looking up the assignment in his assignment notebook, and turning to the correct page in his book. The equation t = 10p + 5 models the time, t minutes, Jeff budgets for a math assignment with p problems. Which of the following statements is necessarily true according to Jeff’s model?

F. He budgets 15 minutes per problem.

G. He budgets 10 minutes per problem.

H. He budgets 5 minutes per problem.

J. He budgets 10 minutes per problem for the hard problems and 5 minutes per problem for the easy problems.

K. He budgets a 5-minute break after each problem.

Answer and Explanation

Your Answer is

Correct Answer is G

Explanation

It can be seen from the question that 10p is the time spent purely on the question. Since p is the number of questions to do, 10 is the number of minutes spent on each question.