Question

Lara and her friends take an average of 13 hours to mow a community lawn each weekend. How many hours, on average, will they take to mow 14 such lawns, with a total capacity of 2,660 hours?

Option 1: 182 hours
Option 2: 196 hours
Option 3: 1820 hours
Option 4: 1960 hours

Answer 1

Lara and friends will take 182 hours (option 1) to mow 14 lawns, as it takes them 13 hours to mow one lawn. The time doesn't exceed the total available capacity.

Step-by-step explanation:

Lara and her friends take an average of 13 hours to mow one community lawn. To find out how long it will take to mow 14 lawns, you multiply the time it takes to mow one lawn by the number of lawns:

13 hours/lawn × 14 lawns = 182 hours

Therefore, the average time Lara and her friends will take to mow 14 community lawns is 182 hours, which is Option 1.

Regarding the total capacity of 2,660 hours, our calculated time to mow 14 lawns doesn't exceed this capacity. Hence, Lara and her friends can mow 14 lawns within the given time constraints.