A restaurant has 26 tables in its dining room. It takes the wait staff 10 minutes to clear and set 4 tables, At this rate how lo

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ng will it take the wait staff to clear and set all the tables in the dining room? Explain your reasoning.

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Effectus [21] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-14T09:51:52+03:00

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Answer:65minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

We can use proportion to solve this:

10minutes = 4 tables

X minutes = 26 tables

We cross multiply

4X = 26 × 10

4X = 260

Divide bothside by 4

X = 260/4

X= 65minutes

Juli2301 [7.4K] · Answer 2 · 2022-06-14T07:34:22+03:00

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It will take the staff 65 minutes to do all of the tables. 26/4=6.5 6.5x10=65