One afternoon your family goes out to pick strawberries for jam. At

1:00 P.M., you have picked 3 quarts. You finish picking at 3:00 P.M.

and have 28 quarts strawberries. At what average rate was your

family picking?

Respuesta :

Answer:

Average rate of picking = 12.5 quarts per hour

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Total time taken = 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM = 2 hour

Amount of strawberries = 28 quarts

Amount of strawberries (already) = 3 quarts

Find:

Average rate of picking

Computation:

Average rate of picking = (28 - 3) / 2

Average rate of picking = 25 / 2

Average rate of picking = 12.5 quarts per hour