Question

Students volunteering at a charity event work 1/2- hour shifts.Zack volunteered for 4 hours.He incorrectly divided one half by four to find the number of shifts he worked. How should zack have calculated the number of his shifts

Answer 1

He should have divided 4 by
`(1)/(2)`:

`shifts=(4)/((1)/(2))\\\\shifts=8`

Explanation:

You know that the students work
`(1)/(2)`-hour shifts at the charity event and Zack worked in the event for four hours.

Then, to calculate the number of shifts he worked, he should not have divided
`(1)/(2)` by 4. He should have divided 4 by
`(1)/(2)`.

Let's make the correct procedure to calculate the number of shifts Zack worked at the charity event. This is:

`shifts=(4)/((1)/(2))\\\\shifts=8`

Therefore, he worked 8 shifts.