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The physical education instructor asked each student to do a total of 3636 pull-ups in 11 minute. The instructor wanted students to do 88 times as many push-ups as pull-ups. Write a system of equations of linear equations that represents this situation. How many pull-ups and push-ups were required in 11 minute.

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Q. The physical education instructor asked each student to do a total of 3636 pull-ups in 11 minute. The instructor wanted students to do 88 times as many push-ups as pull-ups. Write a system of equations of linear equations that represents this situation. How many pull-ups and push-ups were required in 11 minute.
  1. Denote pull-ups as pp: Let's denote the number of pull-ups as pp and the number of push-ups as ss. According to the instructor, each student is required to do a total of 3636 pull-ups in 11 minute. This gives us our first equation:\newlinep=36p = 36
  2. Calculate push-ups: Next, we are told that the instructor wants students to do 88 times as many push-ups as pull-ups. This gives us our second equation:\newlines=8ps = 8p
  3. Substitute pp into ss: Now we can substitute the value of pp from the first equation into the second equation to find the number of push-ups:\newlines=8×36s = 8 \times 36
  4. Perform multiplication: Performing the multiplication gives us the number of push-ups: s=288s = 288
  5. Final system of equations: We now have both values that the instructor has asked for: pp for pull-ups and ss for push-ups. The system of equations is:\newlinep=36p = 36\newlines=8ps = 8p\newlineAnd substituting pp into the second equation, we get:\newlines=288s = 288

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