Question

Dana spent 17 hours studying last week. She spent 9 hours studying for Language Arts and the rest of the time she spent studying for Spanish.

What percent of the total time did she use to study Spanish?
%
Round to the nearest whole number.

What was the ratio of time spent studying Language Arts to studying to Spanish?

Answer 1

47% of the time studying Spanish and 3:2 ratio.

Explanation:

1. 17 of the total hours minus (-) 9 hours for how many hours are spent on spanish.

2. Divide 17 (total number of hours) by 6 (total number of hours spent on spanish).

3. Times this number by 100 to get the percentage.

Ratio:

1. 9 hours of the 17 are spent on Language arts. This means there are 6 hours left over for Spanish. This ratio is 9:6.

2. 9:6 ratio can be simplified by dividing by 3. This leaves the simplified ratio at 3:2.