Question

Kyle was splitting his time between playing video games and doing his homework. The ratio of the

minutes playing video games to the minutes of doing homework was 3 to 7. How much time did Kyle work
on his homework in 1 hour? How much in 2 hours?

Answer 1

In 1 hour, Kyle spent 42 minutes on his homework. In 2 hours, he spent 84 minutes.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find how much time Kyle worked on his homework, we first need to determine the minutes he spent on video games and homework separately. Let's assume that Kyle spent 3x minutes playing video games and 7x minutes doing homework. Since the ratio of video games to homework is 3 to 7, the total time spent is 3x + 7x = 10x minutes.

To find the value of x, we need to divide 1 hour (which is 60 minutes) by 10x. So, 10x = 60 and x = 6.

Therefore, in 1 hour (60 minutes), Kyle spent 7x minutes on homework, which is 7*6 = 42 minutes. And in 2 hours (120 minutes), Kyle would spend 7x * 2 = 42 * 2 = 84 minutes on homewor