Final answer:
To find out how many tasks can be completed in a full hour, calculate the number of tasks per 1/8 of an hour. The student can complete approximately 9 tasks in an hour at the same pace.
Step-by-step explanation:
If a student can complete 8 tasks in 7/8 of an hour, we would want to determine how many tasks can be done in a full hour. To solve this, we need to find out the rate at which tasks are being completed per hour. Since 1 hour is the equivalent of 8/8 (since 8/8 = 1), we can set up a proportion to solve for the number of tasks in one hour.
First, we calculate the number of tasks per 1/8 of an hour: 8 tasks ÷ 7/8 hour = 8 tasks ÷ 0.875 hour
= 9.14 tasks per hour (approx).
This means that in a full hour, the student would complete approximately 9.14 tasks. However, because we usually cannot complete a fraction of a task, we would say the student can complete about 9 tasks in an hour if they continue at the same pace.