Question

A restaurant has 26 tables in its dining room. It takes the wait staff 10 minutes to clear and set 4 tables, At this rate how long will it take the wait staff to clear and set all the tables in the dining room? Explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

It will take the staff 65 minutes to do all of the tables. 26/4=6.5 6.5x10=65

Answer 2

Answer:65minutes

Explanation:

We can use proportion to solve this:

10minutes = 4 tables

X minutes = 26 tables

We cross multiply

4X = 26 × 10

4X = 260

Divide bothside by 4

X = 260/4

X= 65minutes