Question

A student is able to finish 2 homework problems per hour. If they have already completed 4 problems, how many hours will it take for them to finish an assignment which has 18 problems total? Give your answer to two decimal places.

Answer 1

7.00 hours

Explanation:

They already did 4 problems and need to do 18 problems in total.

18 - 4 = 14 problems

2 problems/ per hour

14 problems/ 7 hours

It will take them 7 hours to finish. Since you said "Give your answer to two decimal places." You could write it as 7.00 hours.

Answer 2

Explanation:

4+2t=18

2t=14

t=7 hours