Question

Gretchen worked in the ticket booth for 20 minutes. Kevin worked in the ticket booth 5 times longer than Gretchen. Which equation could be used to calculate the number of minutes that Kevin worked? Let the variable b stand for the number of minutes Kevin worked.

A. 20= b+5
B. 20=b*5
C. b=20 / 5
D. b=5*20

Answer 1

The answer would be D. Because if Kevin worked 5 time longer than gretchen to find out how long Kevin work you would have to multiply 20 by 5. 

Answer 2

The answer would be D