Math Problem Statement
20 points) Lawyers in a law firm prepare documents and spend their time mentoring law. For a lawyer to prepare any page of paperwork, they need to receive 15m of law mentoring from another lawyer. Each hour of men- torship, no matter who receives it, needs to be recorded by filling out half a page of paperwork. The law firm’s main business is to file paperwork on behalf of its clients. In the past year, the law firm filed 48 pages of paperwork on behalf of its clients. For community outreach, the law firm also mentored students from a local high school for 79 hours. a) (4 points) Express the law firm’s activity in the previous year as a system of equations. b) (4 points) How many hours of mentoring were internal?
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Math Problem Analysis
Mathematical Concepts
Algebra
Systems of Equations
Formulas
Internal mentoring hours M_i = (1/4) * P
Total paperwork: P = (1/2)(M_i + M_s) + 48
Theorems
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Suitable Grade Level
Grades 9-12
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