Question

It takes Ken 4 hours to paint a room. It takes Brenda 5 hours to paint a room. Write an equation that shows two ways to calculate how long it takes for each of them to paint two room.

Answer 1

Ken and Brenda each have a unique equation to calculate the time it takes to paint two rooms: Ken's is 4 hours multiplied by 2 rooms which equals 8 hours, and Brenda's is 5 hours multiplied by 2 rooms which equals 10 hours.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the time it takes Ken and Brenda to paint two rooms, we'll need to analyze the information given: Ken takes 4 hours to paint one room, and Brenda takes 5 hours to paint one room. For two rooms, we can set up two separate equations for Ken and Brenda:

• For Ken: Time (Ken) = 4 hours/room × 2 rooms = 8 hours
• For Brenda: Time (Brenda) = 5 hours/room × 2 rooms = 10 hours

So, the equation for Ken is 4 × 2 = 8, and the equation for Brenda is 5 × 2 = 10.