Eliza travels 6 times as many minutes to school as ricky does. Altogether, they travel 63 minutes each day. How many minutes does Eliza travel?

Eliza travels 54 minutes.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's use the variable r to represent the number of minutes Ricky travles to school.

Eliza travels 6 times as many minutes as Ricky, so Eliza travels 6r minutes.

Altogether, they travel r + 6r minutes, or 7r minutes.

We are told they travel 63 minutes altogether, so 7r must equal 63.

7r = 63

Divide both sides by 7.

7r/7 = 63/7

r = 9

Ricky travels 9 minutes.

Eliza travels 6r minutes.

6r = 6 * 9 minutes = 54 minutes

Eliza travels 54 minutes.