Question

Nestor works at a garden center where he pots plants. It take's him 2 1/2 hours to pot 15 plants.

Answer 1

Answer:

6 per hour

Step-by-step explanation:you would divide 15 by 2 and 1/2

Answer 2

Answer:

Part A:

The number of plants Nestor will pot in 1 hour is:

                     6 plants.

Part B:

The number of plants that he will be able to pot in 3 1/2 hour is:

                        21 plants.

Step-by-step explanation:

Part A:

It is given that:

Nestor takes 2 1/2 hours to pot 15 plants.

i.e.

It takes him 5/2 hours to pot 15 plants.

Hence, In 1 hour he will pot:

$\dfrac{15}{\dfrac{5}{2}}\ \text{plants}\\\\=\dfrac{15\times 2}{5}\ \text{plants}\\\\=6\ \text{plants}$

Part B:

Also, if he continues to work at the same rate then the number of plants he will pot in 3 1/2 hour is:

( We know that:

$3\dfrac{1}{2}=\dfrac{3\times 2+1}{2}\\\\i.e.\\\\3\dfrac{1}{2}=\dfrac{7}{2}\ \text{hour}$ )

Hence, the number of plants that will be potted in 7/2 hours is:

$=6\times \dfrac{7}{2}\\\\=21\ \text{plants}$