Question

Trent spent 50 minutes at the neighbor's house. He spent 2(over)5 of the time swimming. How many minutes did Trent spend swimming ?

P. S In the first picture i have what i need to complete . In the second picture is what I know to do , but from there , I am stuck. Help me please . Thank you.

Answer 1

2/5 =x/50
5x = 100
x = 20
Trent spent 20 minutes swimming.

Answer 2

If Trent spent two-fifths of the time swimming, that is the same as counting only 2 of the 5 equal boxes. All 5 boxes together is 50 minutes. Since each box is 10 minutes, 2 out of the 5 would be 20 minutes.

This is the same as writing:

`(2)/(5) * 50 = 20`

Hope this helps! :)