Question

Meg skateboards mc003-1.jpg of a mile in mc003-2.jpg of an hour. At this rate, how far will she skateboard in an hour?

Answer 1

can you post a screenshot? I cannot access these file names

Answer 2

or type what numbers are?

Answer 3

A motorist is pumping gas into his car at a rate of mc013-1.jpg of a gallon every mc013-2.jpg of a minute. At this rate, how many gallons of gas will he have pumped into his car in mc013-3.jpg of a minute?

Answer 4

I still cannot see what the numbers are (mc013-1.jpg) and (mc013-2.jpg)

please type out what you see on the screen

Answer 5

ok

Answer 6

5/12

Answer 7

1/24

Answer 8

1/2

Answer 9

first you want to divide gallons/minutes to get a gallon per minute rate

Answer 10

(5/12)/(1/24) = ?

Answer 11

i dont know it do u?

Answer 12

to divide by a fraction, take the reciprocal of the second fraction and multiply

Answer 13

(5/12)/(1/24) = (5/12) * (24) = ?

Answer 14

10

Answer 15

awesome

now, to calculate the number of gallons pumped in 1/2 a minute we would simply multiply

10 * (1/2) = ?

Answer 16

5

Answer 17

good so the answer is 5 gallons

Answer 18

would you like to go over the skateboard problem?

Answer 19

I can't see what the numbers are but you would just divide the first number (distance) by the second number (time)

Answer 20

Meg skateboards mc003-1.jpg of a mile in mc003-2.jpg of an hour. At this rate, how far will she skateboard in an hour?

Answer 21

1/4

Answer 22

1/2

Answer 23

hello

Answer 24

sorry

Answer 25

just divide (1/4)/(1/2)

Answer 26

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