Question

Joe worked 2 hours and packed 6 cartons. Bob worked 6 hours and packed 17 cartons. Who packed the most cartons per hour?

Answer 1

SOLUTION

The rate at wihich the cartons are packed per hours is

$\text{Rate =}\frac{\text{Number of cartons packed }}{Total\text{ tine }}$

Then we find the rate at which each of the worked per hour.

The number of carton joe parcked=6

The ime taken by Joe =2 hours

$\begin{gathered} Rate=\frac{6}{2}=3\text{ } \\ \end{gathered}$

Hence

Joe packed 3 cartons per hour

Similarly,

The number of carton Bob packed =17

The time taken by Bob =6 hours

hence

$\text{rate =}\frac{\text{17}}{6}=2.83$

hence

Bob packed 2.83 cartons per hour

Hence

Comparing the number of carton packed per hour by both individuals,

Joe packed the most carton per hour