SOLUTION: Jonathan's parents told him that for every five hours of homework or reading he completes, he will be able to play three hours of video games. His friend Lucas's parents told her

Question 1071560: Jonathan's parents told him that for every five hours of homework or reading he completes, he will be able to play three hours of video games. His friend Lucas's parents told her son that he can play 30 minutes for every hour of homework or reading time he completes. If both boys spend the same amount of time on homework and reading this week, which boy gets more time playing video games and how do you know? Show your work.
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Jonathan's ratio is  = 0.6 of the playing time to the reading time.


Lucas'  ratio is  =  = 0.5 of the playing time to the reading time.


Jonatan's ratio is LARGER than that of Lucas'.


Therefore, if they spent equal amount of time for reading and homework, then Jonathan has MORE time for playing.

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