Asked by Sofia

Brianna is taking a writing assessment that has 3 sections. She has a total of 5/6 of an hour to finish all the sections. If she is allowed the same amount of time to finish each section, how much time does she have to spend on each section?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Total time = 5/6 hour. Divide equally among 3 sections:

(5/6) ÷ 3 = 5/6 × 1/3 = 5/18 hour.

Convert to minutes: 5/18 × 60 = 300/18 = 50/3 = 16 2/3 minutes = 16 minutes 40 seconds.

So each section gets 5/18 hour, or 16 minutes 40 seconds.