SETUP: You have a 4-minute egg timer and a 7-minute egg timer. How could you use the timers to time 11 minutes? How could you use the timers to time 3 minutes? PROBLEM: How do you make a 9-minute egg using the two timers?

SETUP: You have a 4-minute egg timer and a 7-minute egg timer. How could you use the timers to time 11 minutes? How could you use the timers to time 3 minutes? PROBLEM: How do you make a 9-minute egg using the two timers?

College Algebra

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ISBN:9781938168383

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Chapter7: Systems Of Equations And Inequalities

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You have a 4-minute egg timer and a 7-minute egg timer.
How could you use the timers to time 11 minutes?
How could you use the timers to time 3 minutes?
PROBLEM:
How do you make a 9-minute egg using the two timers?

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