Question

Thomas went for a long hike and burned 675 calories in 2 hours. Marvin decided to go for a bike ride and burned 1,035 calories in 3 hours. Who burned the most calories per hour? Let t represent Thomas's calories burned and m represent Marvin's calories burned. Equivalent Ratio 1: Equivalent Ratio 2: burned the most calories per hour.

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Answer 1

Explanation:

I am not sure I fully understand what your teacher wants from you, but I would say we only need to define the burning rate per hour for both people, and with that normed rate (number / hour) we can answer the main question directly.

Thomas burned 675 cal/ 2 hours.

by dividing to and bottom by 2 (it is important to do the same action on the top and the bottom to keep the value of the ratio unchanged) we get

337.5 cal / hour

and Marvin burned 1035 cal / 3 hours.

so, the same trick, this time dividing to and bottom by 3 to norm the whole ratio to a 1 hour baseline :

345 cal / hour

so, Marvin burned more calories per hour.