Question

Eric and his crew have 50 trees to plant.
In 8 hours they planted 40 trees. If they keep working at the same rate tomorrow, ho long will it take to finish planting the trees?

Answer 1

8 hrs-40 trees
x hrs-10 trees

Answer 2

i divided 8 and 40 i got 2.50 hours

Answer 3

x=8*10/40=80/40=2 hrs

Answer 4

so it will take them 2 hours to plant 10 more trees.

Answer 5

but what about the 50 mins?

Answer 6

.50 hours means half an hour.

Answer 7

They have 50 trees to plant, they planted 40 in 8 hours, they have 10 trees to go.

Answer 8

Make a simple proportion.