Question

1. It is 3/4 h before closing time at the grocery store. It takes about 1/8 h for Jane to find 1 item on her shopping list. How many items can she find before the store closes?
(a) Create a model or write an equation for the situation.

(b) Find the solution. Explain what you did.

(c) State the solution as a full sentence. will give brainlyliesst

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) Create a model or write an equation for the situation.

y = 8(3/4)h

(b) Find the solution. Explain what you did.

= 6 items

(c) State the solution as a full sentence. will give brainlyliesst

She can find 6 items before the store closes.

Step-by-step explanation:

(a) Create a model or write an equation for the situation.

Let y represent the number of items we want to find

1/8× y = 3/4h

= y/8 = 3/4h

y = 8(3/4)h

(b) Find the solution. Explain what you did.

It is 3/4 h before closing time at the grocery store. It takes about 1/8 h for Jane to find 1 item on her shopping list.

Step 1

We convert hour to minutes

3/4h

1 hour = 60 minutes

Hence,

3/4 × 60 = 45 minutes

1/8 hour

1 hour = 60 minutes

= 1/8 × 60

= 7.5 minutes

We are told in the question that:

It takes about 1/8 h for Jane to find 1 item on her shopping

Hence:

7.5 minutes = 1 item

45 minutes = y items

Cross Multiply

7.5 × y items = 45 minutes × 1 item

y = 45 minutes /7.5

y = 6 items

(c) State the solution as a full sentence. will give brainlyliesst

She can find 6 items before the store closes.