SOLUTION: Trevor works in his garden for 5 hours and 5 minutes, 2 days a week. After 6 weeks, how many hours has Trevor spent gardening? Laura is building a fence. She buys nine fence pos

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Question 1054282: Trevor works in his garden for 5 hours and 5 minutes, 2 days a week. After 6 weeks, how many hours has Trevor spent gardening?
Laura is building a fence. She buys nine fence posts at the lumberyard, each measuring 8 ft 4 in. The lumber costs $2 per foot. How much will Laura spend?

Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Convert 5 minutes to hours
+5%2F60+=+1%2F12+ hrs
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You have +5+%2B+1%2F12+ 2 days a week, so
+%28+5+%2B+1%2F12+%29%2A2+=+10+%2B+1%2F6+
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For 6 weeks is:
+6%2A%28+10+%2B+1%2F6+%29+=+60+%2B+6%2F6+
+60+%2B+6%2F6+=+61+
Trevor has spent 61 hrs gardening
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Convert 4 inches to feet
+4%2F12+=+1%2F3+ ft
Each fence post measures:
+8+%2B+1%2F3+ ft
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At $2/ft, she pays:
+2%2A%28+8+%2B+1%2F3+%29+=+16+%2B+2%2F3+
+2%2F3+=+.67+
$16.67 ( this is rounded off to the nearest cent