Jasper decorates flower pots to sell in his shop.
HE knows that it takes 12 minutes to decorate a flower pot.

Jasper works from 9:30am until 12:50pm on Tuesday.
HE takes 20 minutes for a coffee break at 10:30am

How many flower pots does Jasper decorate on Tuesday?

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Answer:

He works from 9:30am to 12:50pm.

He takes a brake at 10:30 for 20 mins.

Now the time he works will be

(12:50 - 9:30) - 20

3:20 - 20

3:00

NOTE: TILL HERE DONT THINK THE SIGN ':' IS USED FOR RATIO, ITS USED AS IN TIME. AND THIS MEANS THE NUMBER BEFORE ':' IS HOURS AND THE NUMBER AFTER THE ':' WILL BE MINUTES.

i.e., 3 hours.No. of pots decorated in 3 hours will be,

3 hours in minutes÷time taken to decorate one pot.

⇒ (3×60)÷12

⇒ 180÷12

⇒15

Thus he decorates 15 pots in the given time.

Jasper decorates [tex]15[/tex] pots on Tuesday.

There are [tex]60[/tex] minutes in [tex]1[/tex] hour . To convert from minutes to hours, divide the number of minutes by [tex]60[/tex].

How many flower pots does Jasper decorate on Tuesday?

He works from [tex]9:30[/tex] am to [tex]12:50[/tex] pm.

He takes a break  [tex]10:30[/tex] for [tex]20[/tex] mins.

Now the time he works will be

[tex]3:20 - 20\\3:00[/tex]

i.e., 3 hours. No. of pots decorated in 3 hours will be,

3 hours in minutes ÷time taken to decorate one pot.

⇒ (3×60)÷12

⇒ 180÷12

⇒15

Thus he decorates [tex]15[/tex] pots in the given time.

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