Question

A hiker is instructed to carry 2 cups of water for every 10 minutes spent walking the hiker plans to hike for 60 minutes how many cups of water should the hiker carry?

Answer 1

12 cups

Step-by-step Step-by-step explanation:

You can set the problem up as a proportion by doing

2/10 (part over whole) and x/60 (x represents unknown part over a whole)

And cross-multiplying, which leaves you with

120/10x, and to isolate x you can just divide

120/10, which gives you

x = 12