Question

Jen picked 3/4 of a gallon of strawberries in a half an hour.If she keeps picking strawberries at the same rate, how many gallons will she have picked in 2 hours

Answer 1

3 gallons.

Explanation:

We have been given that Jen picked 3/4 of a gallon of strawberries in a half an hour.

Let us convert our given time in minutes.

1 hour= 60 minutes.

1/2 hour= 30 minutes.

So 2 hours= 120 minutes.

Let us find the number of gallons of strawberries picked by Jen in 30 minutes by dividing 3/4 by 30.

`\text{The number of gallons of strawberries picked by Jen in 30 minutes}=((3)/(4) )/(30)`

`\text{The number of gallons of strawberries picked by Jen in 30 minutes}=(3)/(4*30)`

`\text{The number of gallons of strawberries picked by Jen in 30 minutes}=(1)/(40)`

Now let us multiply 1/40 by 120 to find the number of gallons of strawberries picked by Jen in 120 minutes(2 hours).

`\text{The number of gallons of strawberries picked by Jen in 30 minutes}=120*(1)/(40)`

`\text{The number of gallons of strawberries picked by Jen in 30 minutes}=3`

Therefore, Jen picked 3 gallons of strawberries in 2 hours.