Question

It takes one student 8 hours to wash all of the cars at a school car wash. If 6

students wash all the cars, how many hours will each person spend washing
cars? (Assume that all students wash cars at the same rate.)

A. 0.75 hours
B. 48 hours
C. 1.3 hours
D. 4 hours
Please help me!

Answer 1

C. 1.3 hours

Explanation:

It takes one student 8 hours to wash all the cars.

It will take each of 6 students 6 times less to perform same task:

• 8/6 = 4/3 = 1.3 hours

So the correct choice is C. 1.3 hours