One evening, Lila and her brother each needed to use the family computer for part of their homework. They worked on their homework for 3 hours, and agreed to share the computer equally for that time.

Question

How long did each person use the computer?
Write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number.

Answer 1

Lila and her brother worked on the computer for a total of 3 hours. Since they agreed to share the computer equally, we can divide the total time by 2.

To find out how long each person used the computer, we calculate:

\[ \frac{3 \text{ hours}}{2} = 1.5 \text{ hours} \]

In proper fraction form, 1.5 hours can be expressed as:

\[ 1.5 = 1 \frac{1}{2} \text{ hours} \]

Thus, each person used the computer for \( 1.5 \text{ hours} \) or \( 1 \frac{1}{2} \) hours.