Question

Each of the 17 guinea pigs needs its cage cleaned. If it takes 1 hour to clean 4 cages, how many hours will it take to clean all 17 cages? It will take hours to clean all the cages.

Answer 1

Time taken to clean all 17 cages = 4.25 hours

Explanation:

Answer 2

Time taken to clean all 17 cages = 4.25 hours

Explanation:

Total number of Guinea pig cage = 17

Time taken to clean 4 cage = 1 hour

So,

Time taken to clean 1 cage =
`(1)/(4)` hour = 15 minutes

Therefore,

Time taken to clean 17 cages = 17 × 15 minutes = 255 minutes

=
`(255)/(60)` hours

= 4.25 hours