Question

In South Georgia, Ms. Smith’s orange farm workers pick 150 bushels of oranges in 5 hours. How many bushels of oranges would they pick in 7 hours? Do not label answer

Answer 1

To find out how many bushels of oranges the workers would pick in 7 hours, we can use a proportion:

150 bushels / 5 hours = x bushels / 7 hours

To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:

5x = 150 * 7

Simplifying,

5x = 1050

Dividing both sides by 5,

x = 210

Therefore, the workers would pick 210 bushels of oranges in 7 hours.