Question

Brigid is picking strawberries at the Pick-Your-Own Farm. Her goal is to pick 5 bushels of strawberries. She has already picked 1
1
2
 bushels, and she picks at a rate of 
5
8
 bushel per hour. The scenario is represented as 
5
8
h + 1
1
2
= 5, where h is the number of hours she picks. How many more hours will it take Brigid to fill 5 bushels of strawberries?

2 and StartFraction 3 Over 16 EndFraction hours
2 and StartFraction 3 Over 16 EndFraction hours
5 and three-fifths hours
10 and two-fifths hours

Answer 1

(5/8)h + 1 1/2 = 5
Subtract 1 1/2: (5/8)h = 5 - 1 1/2 = 3 1/2 = 7/2
h = (7/2) ÷ (5/8) = (7/2) * (8/5) = 56/10 = 28/5 = 5 3/5

So it will take 5 and three-fifths hours.