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OpenStudy (ishipdestiel):

you burn about 600 calories per hour playing basketball. You played for a 1 1/4 hour playing on Monday and 1 1/2 on Tuesday and 5/6 hours on Wednesday how many total calories did you burn playing basketball on the three days what was the average number of calories you burn per day playing basketball?

OpenStudy (retireed):

First You need to make a table and calculate the calories burned for each day....

OpenStudy (ishipdestiel):

How would I find the the calories with the hours would i multiply the hours and calories to find for each day

OpenStudy (retireed):

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OpenStudy (retireed):

Yes multiply hours by cal/hour to get calories the unit hour gets canceled when multiplied

OpenStudy (ishipdestiel):

Then add the totals together?

OpenStudy (retireed):

Yes to get the total, but you also are required to calculate the average calories burned per day total calories / number of days

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