A politician is planning to spend a total of 36 hours on a campaign swing through the southern states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. Assume that he spends the same amount of time in Mississippi as in Alabama; half the amount of time in Georgia as in Arkansas; and the same amount of time in Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia (combined) as in Arkansas and Louisiana (combined). How can he distribute his time among the five states? (Let a be the hours spent in Arkansas, b the hours spent in Louisiana, c the hours spent in Mississippi, d the hours spent in Alabama, and e the hours spent in Georgia. Let e be the parameter.)