Question 797965: Suppose you are helping to prepare a large meal. You can peel 2 carrots per minute. You need 60 peeled carrots. How long will it take you to finish if you have already peeled 18 carrots?
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, MathTherapy:
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Suppose you are helping to prepare a large meal. You can peel 2 carrots per minute. You need 60 peeled carrots. How long will it take you to finish if you have already peeled 18 carrots?
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Carrots to be peeled:: 60-18 = 48
Time to peel 48 carrots: 48/2 = 24 minutes
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Cheers,
Stan H.
Answer by MathTherapy(10556)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Suppose you are helping to prepare a large meal. You can peel 2 carrots per minute. You need 60 peeled carrots. How long will it take you to finish if you have already peeled 18 carrots?
It'd take  minutes to peel the remaining 42 carrots
You can do the check!!
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