# Task № 3.1

## Condition:

Grandma is embroidering her grandchildren's names on their towels. She embroidered the name "ANNA" in 20 minutes, and the name "LINA" in 16 minutes. She spends the same amount of time on the same letters, and possibly different times on different letters. How long will it take her to embroider the name "LILI"?
Express the answer in minutes.

Answer: 12

Exact match of the answer - 1 point

Solution.

Since the grandmother spends the same amount of time on identical letters, she will spend $20: 2=10$ minutes on the syllable "NA". Then she will spend

$16-10=6$ minutes on the syllable "LI". Therefore, she will spend $6+6=12$ minutes on the name "LILI".

## Condition:

Mashenka is signing gifts beautifully for New Year. She wrote "MAMA" in 12 minutes, and the name "MILA" in 8 minutes. She spends the same amount of time on identical letters, and possibly different amounts of time on different letters. How long will it take her to write the name "LILI"?

Express the answer in minutes.

Answer: 4

Exact match of the answer - 1 point

Solution by analogy with task № 3.1.