Question

Note: Enter your answer and show all the steps that you use to solve this problem in the space provided Natalie picked 135 berries in 15 minutes. If she continues picking at that rate, how many total minutes will it take her to pick 486 berries?

Answer 1

135 berries correspond to 15 minutes.

To find how many minutes correspond to 486 berries, we can use the next proportion:

$\frac{135\text{ berries}}{486\text{ berries}}=\frac{15\text{ minutes}}{x\text{ minutes}}$

Solving for x:

$\begin{gathered} 135\cdot x=15\cdot486 \\ x=\frac{7290}{135} \\ x=54 \end{gathered}$

It will take 54 minutes.