Question

Sam raked 3 bags of leaves in 16 minutes. If he continues to work at the same rate, about how long will it take him to rake 5 bags?

Answer 1

Set up a proportion where x is the amount of time it would take to rake 5 bags.

$\frac{3}{16} = \frac{5}{x}$

Then crossmultiply

3x = 80.

Divide by 3 on both sides to isolate the variable x

x = 26 and 2/3

So it would take 26 and 2/3 minutes or 26 minutes, 40 seconds to rake 5 bags. 

Answer 2

20 min 40 sec to rake 5 bags it’s correct!!!!