Question

during his summer vacation alex spent 6 minutes riding his bike for every minute he spent watching television if he rode his bike for 780 minutes how many did he spenf watching television use an equation to solve

Answer 1

If Alex spent 6 minutes riding his bike for every one minute he watched TV, then the proportion we write is like the following equation:

TV/Bike = 1 / 6

Now if the bike total was 780, then we solve for the TV in the following equation:

TV/780 = 1/6

multiply both sides by 780:

TV = 780/6

TV = 130 minutes

Alex watched a total of 130 minutes of TV during his vacation