Question

On monday, it took helen 3 hours to do a page of homework. the next day she did the same number of exercises in 2 hours. if her average rate on monday was P exercises per hour, what was her average rate the next day in terms of P
please don't just answer, explain HOW to set up equation

Answer 1

The average rate is the number of equations divided by the time to do them.

The number of equations is the rate multiplied by the time.

On Monday, the number of equations is
.. number = rate*time = P*3
On Tuesday, the rate is
.. rate = number/time = (3P)/2 . . . . . Helen's average rate on Tuesday