Asia is a chef in a restaurant. To prepare for dinner service, she chops 7 1/2 onions in 1/6 of an hour. Asia's rate of chopping onions is 30 onions per hour.
From the information given;
So, the onion is given in mixed fraction which can be converted to an improper fraction as: [tex]\mathbf{\dfrac{15}{2}\ onions}[/tex]
Now,
We can cross multiply the above two equations to determine the number of onions Asia will chop per hour as follows:
[tex]\mathbf{(x) \times \dfrac{1}{6} \ hours = \dfrac{15}{2} \ onions \times 1 \ hour}}[/tex]
Making (x) the subject of the formula:
[tex]\mathbf{(x)=\dfrac{ \dfrac{15}{2} \ onions \times 1 \ hour}{ \dfrac{1}{6} \ hours }}}[/tex]
[tex]\mathbf{(x)={ \dfrac{15}{2} \ onions } \times { \dfrac{6}{1} }}}[/tex]
(x) = 15 onions × 3
(x) = 30 onions per hour.
Therefore, Asia's rate of chopping onion is 30 onions per hour.
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If Asia chops 7 1/2 onions in 1/6 hour, therefore, using proportion, the rate of chopping onions per hour is: 45 onions per hour.
Applying the knowledge of proportion and fractions, we can determine Asia's chopping rate of onions per hour.
Given:
Using proportion, we have the following:
[tex]7\frac{1}{2} = \frac{1}{6} \\\\x = 1[/tex]
[tex]\frac{1}{6} \times x = 7\frac{1}{2} \times 1\\\\\frac{x}{6} = \frac{15}{2}[/tex]
[tex]\frac{x}{6} = \frac{15}{2}\\\\x = \frac{15}{2} \times 6\\\\x = 45[/tex]
Therefore, if Asia chops 7 1/2 onions in 1/6 hour, therefore, using proportion, the rate of chopping onions per hour is: 45 onions per hour.
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