Week 2 - Math 8 - Assessment

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Grandma is removing weeds from her garden. She estimates that there are 250 weeds in the garden at the moment, and she can remove weeds at a rate of 5 per minute. At this rate how many minutes (m) will it take Grandma to only have 30 weeds remaining in the garden?

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Answer 1

Let's set up an equation to solve this problem.

Let m represent the number of minutes it will take Grandma to remove 30 weeds.

We know that Grandma can remove 5 weeds per minute. So, in m minutes, she will remove a total of 5m weeds.

Since she started with 250 weeds and wants to end with 30 weeds, we can set up our equation:

250 - 5m = 30

Now, let's solve for m:

250 - 30 = 5m
220 = 5m
m = 220/5
m = 44

It will take Grandma 44 minutes to only have 30 weeds remaining in the garden.

Answer 2

whats the solution

Answer 3

The solution is that it will take Grandma 44 minutes to only have 30 weeds remaining in the garden.