Question

Rachel prepared 24 kilograms of dough after working 6 hours. How

many hours did Rachel work if she prepared 44 kilograms of dough?

Answer 1

24/6= 4kg/hour

44/4=11

she prepared the kg in 11 hrs of work

Answer 2

11 hours

Explanation:

We can use ratios to solve

24 kg 44 kg

----------- = ------------

6 hours x hours

Using cross products

24x = 6*44

24x =264

Divide each side by 24

24x/24 = 264/24

x =11

11 hours