Question

Josh exercises at the gym 3 3/4 hours a week. He spends 2/5 of his time at the gym lifting weights. How many hours a week does Josh spend lifting weights at the gym?

Answer 1

Answer:

1.5hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Firstly in this question, we convert the time given to minutes.

Using the conversion of 60 seconds make a minute, we have 3/4 hours as 3/4 * 60 = 45 minutes. Let’s add this to a total of 3 hours which is 180 minutes. This gives a total of 225 minutes.

Now, we are told that he spends 2/5 of his time lifting weight. This is equivalent to 2/5 * 225 = 90 minutes

We convert this to hour = 90/60 = 1.5 hours