SOLUTION: If grass grows at the rate of 6 inches per week, how many feet per hour does it grow?

SOLUTION: If grass grows at the rate of 6 inches per week, how many feet per hour does it grow?

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Question 360213: If grass grows at the rate of 6 inches per week, how many feet per hour does it grow?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.5/24*7=x/1
.5/168=x/1 crosss multiply.
168x=.5
x=.5/168
x=.003 ft. per hour is the growth rate.
Proof
24*7*.003=.5
.5~.5

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