Which variable is most important to the following problem?
ralph and patrick play on a basketball team. ralph played the whole first
quarter and the first 4 minutes of the second quarter. patrick played the rest
of the second quarter and all of the third quarter. ralph played the whole
fourth quarter. each quarter is 10 minutes long. how long did patrick play?
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a. the number of players on the team
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b. the number of minutes patrick played
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c. the number of substitutions between patrick and ralph
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d. the length of a quarter