Problema Solution
It takes Coltrane 15 minutes to eat 8 pieces of candy. How many weeks would it take for him to eat 500 pieces of candy?
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Coltrane's rate is v = 8/15 pieces per minute.
Let 't' represent the time (in minutes) that Coltrane needs to eat 500 pieces of candy.
v*t = 500
or
(8/15)*t = 500
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t = 937.50 min
1 week = 7 days = 7*24 hr = 7*24*60 min = 10080 min
1 min = 1/10080 weeks
937.5 min = 937.5*(1/10080) = 0.093 weeks
Coltrane will need 0.093 weeks to eat 500 pieces of candy.