Question

Farmer Janet can plant 9 feet of carrots in 15 minutes while her daughter Amy can plant 17 feet of carrots in half an hour. what is each persons unit rate of feet of carrots per hour

Answer 1

janet can plant 36 per hour Amy can plant 34per hour

Explanation:

Answer 2

Janet's is 36 feet of carrots per hour

Amy is 34 feet of carrots per hour

Explanation:

for Janet I did 60÷15=4(thqt is one hour) then 9×4=36 which is the answer

for Amy I did 17×2=34 because she does 17 in 40 mins which is half an hour so you would double to make it one hour