Question

Act it out and reasoning word problem

A museum is open for a total of 26 hours on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. On Friday the museum is open for 8 hour. The museum is open for 2 hours more on Saturday than Sunday. How many hours is the museum open on Saturday?

Answer 1

open 26 ours over 3 daes

fridae=8 ours, leev 18 ours for sat+sun

x+(x+2)=18

2x+2=18

2x=16

x=8 ours on Sundae & 10 ours on Sat