Question

Jennifer spends an average of 1 3/4 hours mowing one lawn. At this rate how many hours will it take her to mow 6 lawns

Answer 1


`(21)/(2)`,
`10(1)/(2)`

Explanation:

Let's start with the information we know:

She mows one lawn in 1 3/4 hours

I like to convert mixed fractions to improper fractions because it makes it easier on my brain!

1 3/4 = 7/4

So, Jennifer mows one lawn in 7/4 hours.

To find the amount of time it would take her to mow 6 lawns, we simply need to multiply 7/4(time it takes for her to mow one lawn) by 6.

`(7)/(4) * (6)/(1)`

Which equals:
`(42)/(4)`, which we can simplify down to:
`(21)/(2)`

So our answer is:
`(21)/(2)`, or 10
`(1)/(2)`

I hope this helped!

~~~Harsha~~~