Question

Peter has a part time job in factory and he can work 6 1/2 hours a day while his friend Joseph can work 1 2/3 hours more than Peter.how many hours can Joseph work more than Peter?

Answer 1

Given parameters:

Number of hours worked by Peter = 6.5hrs

His friend Joseph works
`1(2)/(3)` hours more than Peter;

Unknown:

Number of hours Joseph can work more than Peter = ?

This problem is pretty straight forward.

We see from the given parameters, it was explicitly stated that Joseph, the friend of Peter works
`1(2)/(3)` more hours .

Therefore, Peter's friend worked
`1(2)/(3)` more hours.