Question:
Katy makes 48 cookies an hour. If she has 24 already, how long would it take her to make 120?
Answer:
It takes 2.5 hours for Katy to make 120 cookies
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
Time taken to make 48 cookies = 1 hour
To Find:
Time taken to make 120 cookies = ?
Solution:
Time taken to make 48 cookies = i hour
So now time taken to make 1 cookie = [tex]\frac{1}{48} hour[/tex]
So time taken to make 120 cookies
= Number of cookies X time taken to make one cookie
=>[tex]120 \times \frac{1}{48}[/tex]
=>[tex] \frac{120}{48}[/tex]
=> 2.5 hours
