Every few years, Khalil's entire family gets together for a family reunion. This year, Khalil's parents are hosting, and they have to cook a lot of food to feed the crowd. Khalil has volunteered to do the most tedious job: shelling peas. There is a proportional relationship between the amount of time (in minutes) Khalil spends shelling peas, x, and the weight (in pounds) of the peas he has shelled, y.

Question

Every few years, Khalil's entire family gets together for a family reunion. This year, Khalil's parents are hosting, and they have to cook a lot of food to feed the crowd. Khalil has volunteered to do the most tedious job: shelling peas. There is a proportional relationship between the amount of time (in minutes) Khalil spends shelling peas, x, and the weight (in pounds) of the peas he has shelled, y.
The equation that models this relationship is y=0.5x.
How long does it take Khalil to shell 6 pounds of peas? Write your answer as a whole number or decimal.

GPT 3.5 · Answer

To find out how long it takes Khalil to shell 6 pounds of peas, we can plug in 6 for y in the equation y=0.5x and solve for x:

6 = 0.5x
x = 6 / 0.5
x = 12

Therefore, it will take Khalil 12 minutes to shell 6 pounds of peas.