Question

Hey ya'll, my assignment asked me.....Evan spent 20 hours doing homework last week. This week he spent 25 hours doing homework. He says that he spent 125% more time doing homework this week. Is he correct? Show your work to justify your decision.

Then, i answered with: To find a percentage you just have to put the percent in decimal form then you multiply. 125% = 125/100 125% = 125/100 = 1.25 By doing this, we get 1.25, which is the same as 125% in decimal form. Therefore, Evan was correct. He spent 125% more time doing homework this week. IS THAT CORRECT

Answer 1

Evans is correct.

Explanation:

Evan spent 20 hours doing homework last week. This week he spent 25 hours doing homework. He says that he spent 125% more time doing homework this week. Is he correct? Show your work to justify your decision.

We know that 125% of 20 hours (last week) = 25 hours, so Even IS correct.

Note that Increase or Decrease is relative to the ORIGINAL value, in this case is 20 hours.

Answer 2

No he is wrong

Explanation:

Evan was not correct 125% means he over doubled his time doing homework. To double his time he would need 40 hours, and he only did 25.

Increase: 5 hrs

Percent of increase: 20%, because 5/25=20%