Question

Jerry is mowing his lawn. It takes 1/6 of an hour to mow 3/20 of his yard. How much time will it take him to mow the entire yard?

Answer 1

Jerry will take 1/6 of an hour to mow the entire yard.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find how much time it will take Jerry to mow the entire yard, we need to determine how much time it takes him to mow 1/20 of the yard. We know that it takes him 1/6 of an hour to mow 3/20 of the yard.

To find how much time it takes him to mow 1/20 of the yard, we can set up a proportion:

1/6 hour = 3/20 yard
x hour = 1/20 yard

Cross multiplying, we get:

1/6 * (1/20) = 3/20x

Simplifying, we get:

1/120 = 3/20x

Dividing both sides by 3/20, we get:

(1/120) / (3/20) = x

This simplifies to:

1/6 = x

Therefore, it will take Jerry 1/6 of an hour to mow the entire yard.