Question

Lucinda is arranging 150 patio blocks to build a patio.Let p represent the number of patio blocks Lucinda arranged in one hour. Which equation describes the relationship between p and h, the total number of hours Lucinda needed to arrange all 150 blocks ?

Answer 1

150/p = h

Explanation:

Given in the question that

p = number of patio blocks arranged by Lucinda per hour

h = total number of hours needed to arrange all blocks

Now,

Since p number of blocks take 1 hour of time for getting arranged

So, for one block the time required =
`(1)/(p)` hours

And for 150 blocks the time required will be =
`150* (1)/(p)`

According to the question, the total time required is equal to h hours.

So, we will get the final equation as,

`150* (1)/(p) = h`

or, 150/p = h