Question

Katy makes 48 cookies an hour. If she has 24 alr, how long would it take her to make 120?

Answer 1

Question:

Katy makes 48 cookies an hour. If she has 24 already, how long would it take her to make 120?

Answer:

It takes 2.5 hours for Katy to make 120 cookies

Explanation:

Given:

Time taken to make 48 cookies = 1 hour

To Find:

Time taken to make 120 cookies = ?

Solution:

Time taken to make 48 cookies = i hour

So now time taken to make 1 cookie =
`(1)/(48) hour`

So time taken to make 120 cookies

= Number of cookies X time taken to make one cookie

=>
`120 *  (1)/(48)`

=>
`(120)/(48)`

=> 2.5 hours