Question

Greg sets his watch for the correct time on Wednesday. one week later, he finds his watch lost 3 1/4 minutes. if this continues what will be the overall change in time after 8 weeks.

Answer 1

if he lost 3.25 minutes in 1 week, he'll lose 8 times that in 8 weeks, so:

8 x 3.25 = 26

Thus, he'll lose 26 minutes over 8 weeks.