Question

gymnasium floor after a basketball game. This requires her to push a sweeper from one end of the gym to the other and repeating the pattern until she has covered the entire floor. She completes 2/3 of the floor in 1/3 of an hour. At this rate, how long will it take her to complete the entire floor?(1 point)
Responses

23 hours
Start Fraction 2 over 3 End Fraction hours

12 hours
Start Fraction 1 over 2 End Fraction hours

1 hour
1 hour

112

Answer 1

she does (2/3) floor / ( 1/3 ) hour = 2 floors/hour
(2 floors/hour ) * n hours = 1 floor
n hours = (1/2) hour

Answer 2

hours

Answer 3

n hours = (1/2) hour. Therefore, at this rate, it will take her half an hour to complete the entire floor.