SOLUTION: Can you please help me understand how to do this? Thank you sooo much in advance for your help:) The question is: You spend 3 1/2 hours doing homework. You spend 1/4 of that tim

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Question 349285: Can you please help me understand how to do this? Thank you sooo much in advance for your help:)
The question is: You spend 3 1/2 hours doing homework. You spend 1/4 of that time doing homework for social studies. How much of that time do you spend doing soical studies homework?

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You spend 3 1/2 hours doing homework. You spend 1/4 of that time doing homework for social studies. How much of that time do you spend doing soical studies homework?
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(1/4)(3 1/2) = (1/4)(7/2) = 7/8 hr = (7/8)(60 min) = 52.5 minutes
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stan H.