Iris is asked to sweep the gymnasium floor after a basketball game. This requires her to push a sweeper from one end of the gym to the other and repeating the pattern until she has covered the entire floor. She completes 23 of the floor in 13 of an hour. At this rate, how long will it take her to complete the entire floor?(1 point)

Responses

23 hours
Start Fraction 2 over 3 End Fraction hours

112
1 Start Fraction 1 over 2 End Fraction

1 hour
1 hour

12 hours

1 answer

To determine how long it will take Iris to complete the entire floor, we first need to establish her rate of work based on the information provided.

Iris completes \( \frac{2}{3} \) of the floor in \( \frac{1}{3} \) of an hour (since she completed 23% of the floor in 13 minutes, and 13 minutes is approximately \( \frac{1}{3} \) of an hour).

To find her rate per hour, we can use the following formula:

\[ \text{Rate} = \frac{\text{Work Done}}{\text{Time}} = \frac{\frac{2}{3}}{\frac{1}{3}} = 2 \text{ (floors per hour)} \]

This means she can complete \( 2 \) of the floor in \( 1 \) hour.

Now, if she can complete \( 2 \) of the floor in \( 1 \) hour, we can figure out how long it will take her to complete \( 1 \) full gymnasium floor:

\[ \text{Time to complete 1 floor} = \frac{1 \text{ floor}}{2 \text{ floors/hour}} = \frac{1}{2} \text{ hour} \]

So the answer is: 1 Start Fraction 1 over 2 End Fraction hour (or 0.5 hours).