Ashley recently opened a store that sells only natural ingredients. she wants to advertise her products by distributing bags of samples in her neighborhood. it takes one person 2 minutes to prepare one bag.
how many hours will it take to prepare 900 bags of samples if ashley and 5 of her friends do the work?

5 hour will it take to prepare 900 bags of samples if Ashley and 5 of her friends do the work.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : Ashley recently opened a store that sells only natural ingredients. She wants to advertise her products by distributing bags of samples in her neighborhood. It takes one person 2 minutes to prepare one bag.

To find : How many hours will it take to prepare 900 bags of samples if Ashley and 5 of her friends do the work?

Solution :

Total  number of people including Ashley are 6.

Number of bags to prepare is 900.

So, The number of bag per person is

bags per person.

Time taken by one person to prepare one bag is 2 minutes.

To prepare 150 bags time taken is

Converting minute into hours,

1 hour = 60 minutes

1 minute = hour

300 minute = hour

300 minute = 5 hour

Therefore, 5 hour will it take to prepare 900 bags of samples if Ashley and 5 of her friends do the work.

a_n = a_1 + (n - 1)d

the first term is 6.

the common difference d = ?

when you find d, replace n with 7 and d with the common difference to find your answer.