Marcus plays basketball for nine hours each week his friend Louis spends 5/6 as much time playing basketball who plays more basketball? I think you multiply 9x5/6, is that correct?

User Icon for Ms. Sue Ms. Sue answered
7 years ago

Yes. You're right.

User Icon for YElo_wofferz YElo_wofferz answered
3 years ago

whats the answer? ms sue?

User Icon for ms.p ms.p answered
3 years ago

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User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
1 year ago

To determine who plays more basketball between Marcus and Louis, let's first compare their playing times.

Marcus plays basketball for 9 hours each week, as stated in the question.

Now, according to the question, Louis spends 5/6 as much time playing basketball as Marcus. To find out how much time Louis spends playing basketball, we need to multiply Marcus' playing time by 5/6.

So, you are correct in multiplying 9 by 5/6.

To perform the calculation:
9 * 5/6 = 45/6 = 7.5

Therefore, Louis spends 7.5 hours playing basketball each week.

Now, comparing Marcus and Louis, we can conclude that Marcus plays more basketball because he plays for 9 hours, whereas Louis plays for only 7.5 hours.