is making hand-painted ornaments for her family this year. Yesterday, she made 2 ornaments in 6 hours. This weekend, she plans to spend a total of 15 hours making ornaments

if joy works at the same rate how many ornaments will she make this weekend

1 answer

To determine how many ornaments Joy will make this weekend, we first need to find her rate of making ornaments.

Joy made 2 ornaments in 6 hours. Thus, her rate of making ornaments is:

\[ \text{Rate} = \frac{\text{Number of ornaments}}{\text{Time in hours}} = \frac{2 \text{ ornaments}}{6 \text{ hours}} = \frac{1}{3} \text{ ornaments per hour} \]

Now, if Joy plans to spend a total of 15 hours making ornaments this weekend, we can calculate the total number of ornaments she will make by multiplying her rate by the total time:

\[ \text{Total ornaments} = \text{Rate} \times \text{Total time} = \left(\frac{1}{3} \text{ ornaments per hour}\right) \times (15 \text{ hours}) = 5 \text{ ornaments} \]

Thus, Joy will make 5 ornaments this weekend.