Question

Cassandra spent her spring vacation doing laundry and working in her garden. during a typical 24-hour day she spent 3 hours doing laundry, 7 hours working in her garden and 14 hours sleeping. what percent of the time did she spend working in the garden

Answer 1

we have that

3 hours doing laundry

7 hours working in her garden

14 hours sleeping

so

24 hours represents 100%

Applying proportion

Find out how much percentage represents 7 hours

100/24=x/7

solve for x

x=(100/24)*7

x=29.17%