Javian can play 18 holes of golf in 180 minutes. What is his average rate in number of minutes per hole?
1 Answer
Apr 30, 2016
This is just a proportion.
Since the question asks the rate of MINUTES PER HOLE,
the ratio should be:
# of minutes
number of holes
So, given the numbers, we set up as
Since we want to get the denominator to 1 hole, we just simplify the fraction.
Our final answer is 10 minutes per 1 hole.
