Question

Mrs. Miller spends 15% of each weekday traveling in her car. How many hours per day does she spend in her car during the week? (Hint: there are 24 hours in a day)

Answer 1

Answer:

18 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

There are 24 hours in a day and we have 5 weekdays per week.

15% of 24 hours

15/100×24

0.15×24

=3.6 hours

Mrs Miller spends 3.6 hours of each weekday traveling in her car.

There are 5 weekdays in a week to include: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

If she spends 3.6 hours per weekday

Then,

During the week, she will spend

3.6 hours× 5 weekdays

=18 hours

She will spend 18 hours per week traveling in her car.