SOLUTION: I am trying to help my nephew with a word problem and am having trouble coming up with the equation. Could you please help me? Thank you. If an entire job can be done in 5 hou

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Question 507505: I am trying to help my nephew with a word problem and am having trouble coming up with the equation. Could you please help me? Thank you.
If an entire job can be done in 5 hours and 20 minutes how much of the job can be done in one hour. The equation is supposed to be in fractions.
Thank you.

Answer by nerdybill(6959) About Me  (Show Source):
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If an entire job can be done in 5 hours and 20 minutes how much of the job can be done in one hour. The equation is supposed to be in fractions.
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5 hours and 20 minutes is the same as:
5 + 20/60
5 + 1/3
15/3 + 1/3
16/3 hours
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your equation is:
"time" * "rate"
"time" is one hour
"rate" is 1 job per 16/3 hours
.
1(1/(16/3))
1(3/16)
3/16 of the entire job can be done in an hour