A few days ago
Anonymous

MAth question. PLease help!?

If bill can mow a lawn in x hours, what part of the lawn can he mow in 2 hours.

a) 2/x

b)x/2

c) 1/2

d) 1/x

Please tell me how to solve this problem or tell me the answer and explain why it is that. Thank you!

Top 4 Answers
A few days ago
slylar

Favorite Answer

if u ask me this’s a pretty simple but tricky question.

i guess the correct answer is a) 2/x

it’s like eating pizza, the whole pizza with all slices is x hours and eating 2 slices means 2 out of the whole pizza(x)

and in math 2 outta the whole(x) is written as: 2/x

hope that’s clear enough

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A few days ago
Anonymous
x/2
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A few days ago
Anonymous
let x equal another number and substitute it.

so say x = 8,

to find out what part he can mow you would want to have

x/2

my answer would be b.

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A few days ago
sargeantb2
A.

guess and check. put things in for x that you know what the answer would be, and see what works the most often

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