Question

You can sand frac{4}{9}

square yard of wood in frac{1}{2}
hour. How many square yards can you sand in 3.2 hours?

Answer 1

To find out how many square yards you can sand in 3.2 hours, calculate the rate at which you can sand wood. Given that you can sand frac{4}{9} square yard of wood in frac{1}{2} hour, divide the amount of wood sanded by the time taken. Multiply the rate by the number of hours to get the final answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many square yards you can sand in 3.2 hours, you need to calculate the rate at which you can sand wood.

Given: You can sand frac{4}{9} square yard of wood in frac{1}{2} hour.

To find the rate, divide the amount of wood sanded by the time taken: frac{frac{4}{9}text{ square yard}}{frac{1}{2}text{ hour}}.

Multiply and divide the fractions: frac{4}{9}cdotfrac{2}{1} = frac{8}{9} text{ square yard per hour}.

Now, multiply the rate by the number of hours: frac{8}{9}cdot3.2 = frac{25.6}{9} = 2.84 text{ square yards in 3.2 hours}.

Therefore, you can sand approximately 2.84 square yards of wood in 3.2 hours.

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

2 and 38/45 square yards can be sanded in 3.2 hours.

Step-by-step explanation:

1/2 of an hour is 30 minutes. so 4/9 for every 30 minutes. 1 hour is 8/9. So 3 2/10 would be 3 hours =24/9=2 6/9 and 2/10 would be ( if 5/10 is 30 minutes then 2/10 is 12 minutes.) 8/9 x 1/5 = 8/45. (24 x 5 = 120) 120/45 + 8/45 is 128/45 = 2 38/45