Sean read 1/5 of a book in 1 1/2 hours. How long will it take Sean to read 1/2 of this book? Enter your answer as a mixed number in simplest form in the box. hours

Question

asked Dec 17, 2020 192k views

2 Answers

Candidasa · Answer 1 · 2020-12-21T09:28:31+0000

Answer: 3 3/4

Explanation:

1/5=0.2

11/2=1.5

1/2=0.5

Use proportion to solve this problem

0.2:1.5=0.5:x

x*0.2=1.5*0.5

x=1.5*0.5/0.2

X=3.75 =3 3/4 h