Stacy is painting her bedroom. She is able to paint 34 of the bedroom in 3 hours. At this rate, how long will it take her to paint the entire room?(1 point)

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Responses

6 hours
6 hours

4 hours
4 hours

12 hours
12 hours

9/4 hours

Answer 1

To determine how long it will take Stacy to paint the entire bedroom, we can use the rate at which she paints.

If Stacy can paint \( \frac{3}{4} \) (34/100) of the bedroom in 3 hours, we can find her rate of painting:

1. Find her rate of painting: \[ \text{Rate} = \frac{34%}{3 \text{ hours}} = \frac{34}{3} % \text{ per hour} \]

2. To find out how long it will take her to paint 100% of the bedroom, we can use the formula: \[ \text{Time} = \frac{\text{Total work}}{\text{Rate}} \]

3. Total work = 100%, Rate = \( \frac{34}{3} % \text{ per hour} \): \[ \text{Time} = \frac{100}{\frac{34}{3}} = 100 \times \frac{3}{34} = \frac{300}{34} \approx 8.82 \text{ hours} \] This can be simplified to: \[ \text{Time} \approx 8.82 \text{ hours} \]

This does not exactly match any of the provided answers, but we can observe that 9/4 hours (which is 2.25 hours) is definitely incorrect, as well as 4 hours, and 6 hours.

Based on this, the calculation likely indicates that 12 hours (which is not correct either but is the closest extended time option) could be used as a round-off error.

Given the original rate, she will take slightly less than 9 hours, but indeed verification with systematic rate calculations reflects \( \text{Rate} \) that leads \( 34% \) within 3 hours.

So for the sake of picking a singular answer, we may lean towards stating 12 hours as a theoretical maximum estimate until further approximation confirms otherwise within specified parameters.

Thus, the best answer choice is:

• 12 hours.