Question

O 12 Ms. Ruby has 1 beanbag chair in her room. She lets 4 students take equal turns sitting in the chair during a 38-minute reading period. How long is each student's turn in the beanbag? * O 1/4 minutes O 4/1 minutes 4/28 minutes O 38/4 minutes

Answer 1

The number of students allowed to sit, N=4.

The total number of minutes, T=38 minutes.

Let x be the number of minutes for a student

$\begin{gathered} 4\text{ students-}\longrightarrow38\text{ minutes} \\ 1\text{ student--x} \\ \text{Cross multiplying,} \\ x=\frac{38\text{ minutes}}{4\text{ students}}\times1\text{ students} \\ =\frac{38}{4\text{ }}\text{minutes} \end{gathered}$