Problema Solution
suppose you have shelled 6.5lb of pecans, and you can shell pecans at a rate of 1.5lb per hour. how many more hours will it take you to shell a total of 11lb of pecans?
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Let
v = 1.5 lb/hr the rate
t = the hours need to shell a total of 11 lbs of pecans
The already shelled pecans (6.5 lbs) + The pecans shelled in t hours (vt) = The total of 11 lbs of pecans
6.5 + vt = 11
6.5 + 1.5t = 11
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t = 3 hr
It will take 3 hours more to shell a total of 11 lbs of pecans.