Hugo sells handmade key chains online. Yesterday, he made 6 keychains in 30 minutes. Hugo wants to make 9 keychains today. If Hugo works at the same rate today, how long will it take him to make the keychains?
Hugo sells handmade key chains online. Yesterday, he made 6 keychains in 30 minutes. Hugo wants to make 9 keychains today. If Hugo works at the same rate today, how long will it take him to make the keychains?
Hugo averages 30/6 or 5 minutes per keychain. At this rate, it will take him 45 minutes to make nine.
Method 1: He can make 1 keychain in 5 minutes so we multiply both sides by 9 and we get 45 minutes.
Method 2: 6*1.5 = 9 so 30*1.5 = 45