Penny has the most left of her smoothie
you have to find the common denominator(number that all of the denominators are divisible into.
the common denominator is 24
convert all the fraction accordingly
Kathleen has 9/24 smoothie
penny has 20/24 smoothie
megan has 15/24 smoothie<span />
For these u can use a caculator for all pretty much.
This is a case of exponential growth. The appropriate equation, with the given data inserted, is P(t) = 500 ( 1+0.15)^50
or = 500 (1.15)^50
Evaluate this on your calculator.
Convert 3 hours and 30 minutes all into minutes so that would be 210 minutes. You then have 169 miles / 210 minutes. Get the denominator to 1 minutes by dividing by 210 to the top and bottom and you'll get .080476 miles / 1 minute which is the answer.