Question

Shaw painted 600 portraits in 8 hours at that rate , how many portraits would he paint in 4 minutes?

Answer 1

It is given that the number of portraits painted in 8 hours is 600.

It is required to calculate the number of portraits that will be painted in 4 minutes.

Calculate the rate by dividing the number of painted portraits by the number of hours:

`\text{rate}=\frac{600\text{ portriats}}{8\text{ hours}}`

Since it is required to find the number of portraits that will be painted in 4 minutes, convert 8 hours to minutes by multiplying by 60, in order to get the rate in portraits per minute:

`\text{rate}=\frac{600\text{ portriats}}{8*60\text{ minutes}}=(5)/(4)\text{portraits per min.}`

Multiply the rate in portraits per minute by the time, 4 minutes to get the number of portraits that will be painted in 4 minutes:

`(5)/(4)*4=5\text{ portraits}`

The number of portraits that would be painted in 4 minutes is 5.