It takes Megan 36 minutes to drive to the grocery store after work, which is 4/7 of the time it takes her to go directly home af

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Alex777 [14]

3 years ago

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It takes Megan 36 minutes to drive to the grocery store after work, which is 4/7 of the time it takes her to go directly home af

ter work. How long does it take Megan to drive directly home after work.

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2 answers:

finlep [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-16T05:26:26+03:00

finlep [7]3 years ago

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Answer: 63 mins

Step-by-step explanation:

First you got to figure out how many minutes each 1/7 is, so you devide 4 into 36 which is 9. Now that you know each 1/7 is 9 you just multiply 9•7=63

klemol [59] · Answer 2 · 2022-03-16T07:52:48+03:00

<h2>Answer:</h2>

The time it take of the time it takes her to go directly home after work is:

63 minutes.

<h2>Step-by-step explanation:</h2>

It takes Megan 36 minutes to drive to the grocery store after work.

Also,

This time is 4/7 of the time it takes her to go directly home after work.

Let the time taken by Megan to go directly home after work is: x minutes

i.e. based on the above information we have the equation as follows:

$\dfrac{4}{7}\times x=36\\\\i.e.\\\\x=\dfrac{36\times 7}{4}\\\\i.e.\\\\x=63\ \text{minutes}$