Asked by Jerald

If a trip between work and home takes 15 minutes each way how much till will be spent in a 5 day work week traveling back and forth to work? (assume that at no point does the employee have to go home and come back within the same day)

Would the proportion be 15/5
Answered by Jerald
75 minutes
Answered by Ms. Sue
No.

If it takes 15 minutes to get to work, then it takes him another 15 minutes to get home. That means he travels 30 minutes each day going to and from work.

Answered by Jerald
What does the statement in parenthesis saying? Do I just make the proportion using 30 minutes/5?
Answered by Ms. Sue
I assume your question is asking how many minutes he spends going back and forth to work in a week. You can't use a proportion for this problem.

The part in parentheses means he only makes one round trip each day.

Answered by Jerald
So I'd multiply 30*5 to get 150
Answered by Ms. Sue
Yes. You're right.

You could use a proportion.

30/1 = x/5
Answered by Jerald
150 minutes.
Answered by Ms. Sue
Yep. It comes out the same both ways we work the problem.
Answered by . If a trip between work and home takes 15 minutes each way, how much time will be spent in a 5-day
. If a trip between work and home takes 15 minutes each way, how much time will be spent in a 5-day
work week traveling back and forth to work? (Assume that at no point does the employee have to go home
and come back within the same day.)
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