Question

A Ferris wheel can accommodate 45 people in 25 minutes. How many people could ride the Ferris wheel in 6 hours? What was the rate per hour?

Answer 1

648 people can ride in 6 hours with a rate of 108

Explanation:

6 hours = 360 mins

1. 360/25=14.4

2. 14.4*45=648

3. 648/6=108

Answer 2

648 people could ride the Ferris in 6 hours

The rate is 108 people per hour

Explanation:

We are going to use proportion to solve this problem.

But first, we need to convert 6 hours to minutes

6 hours = 6 × 60 = 360 minutes

Let x be the number of people that can ride the ferris wheel in 6 hours

45 people = 25 minutes

x = 360 minutes

cross-multiply

25x = 16 200

Divide both-side of the equation by 25

25x/ 25 =16200/25

(On the left-hand side of the equation 25 at the numerator will cancel-out 25 at the denominator leaving us with just x while on the right-hand side of the equation 16 200 will be divided by 25)

x = 648 people

Therefore the number of people that can ride the Ferris in 6 is 648.

The rate per hour is 648/6= 108 people per hour.

108 people in 1 hour.