Question

Translate the problem into a mathematical sentence, using 'f' as your variable name. Please refrain from using spaces in your answer.

Franklin is creating a documentary about the perception of Groton residents towards their town mayor. If he conducts interviews with 6 people, and each interview lasts for 5 minutes, how long will the film be?

Answer 1

The mathematical sentence to represent the total duration of Franklin's interviews for his documentary is 'f=6*5', where 'f' is the duration in minutes.

Step-by-step explanation:

To translate the student's problem into a mathematical sentence using 'f' as the variable, we consider the number of interviews conducted by Franklin and the duration of each interview. Each interview lasts for 5 minutes and he conducts 6 interviews in total. The total duration for all interviews in minutes can be represented by the mathematical sentence f=6*5. This means that to find the total time, f, for the documentary, we simply multiply the number of interviews by the duration of each interview.