Question

Mike can bind 109 flowers per hour, John can bind 116 flowers

per hour. If they work together for 5 hours, how many flowers
can they bind?
flowers

Answer 1

Hello!

We know that mike can bind 109 flowers per hour.

Lets create an equation to remember this.

Mikes equation:

109x = y

<x is representing per hour in this math problem>

We know that John can bind 116 flowers per hour, here is his equation.

Johns equation:

116x = y

Question: If they work together for 5 hours, how many flowers can they bind?

First, plug in the number five in both equations.

Second, solve the equation by multiplying.

Mikes:

109(5) = y

109 times 5 is 545

y = 545

Johns:

116(5) = y

116 times 5 is 580

y = 580

We want to know how many flowers can they bind if they work together.

This means we need to add the answers of the equations from both mike's and john's together.

545 + 580 = 1,125

The answer is 1,125