Question

If Lenox ironed 1/4 of shirts over the weekend and splits the remainder over the next 5 evenings, and has 40 shirts, how many shirts will he iron on Thursday and Friday?

Answer 1

12 shirts.

Explanation:

We have been given that Lenox ironed 1/4 of shirts over the weekend and splits the remainder over the next 5 evenings, and has 40 shirts.

First of all, we will find the shirts ironed on weekend by calculating 1/4 of 40 as:

`\text{Shirts ironed over weekend}=(1)/(4)* 40`

`\text{Shirts ironed over weekend}=10`

Since Lenox ironed 10 shirts over weekend, so 30 shirts are remaining.

Since Lenox splits the remainder over the next 5 evenings, so we will divide 30 by 5 to find shirts ironed each day as:

`\text{Shirts ironed each day}=(30)/(5)`

`\text{Shirts ironed each day}=6`

To find shirts ironed on Thursday and Friday we will multiply 6 by 2 as:

`\text{Shirts ironed on Thursday and Friday}=6* 2`

`\text{Shirts ironed on Thursday and Friday}=12`

Therefore, Lenox will iron 12 shirts on Thursday and Friday.