Wangari plants trees at a constant rate of 12 trees every 3 hours.Write an equation that relates p, the number of trees Wangari plants, and h, the time she spends planting them in hours.
Q. Wangari plants trees at a constant rate of 12 trees every 3 hours.Write an equation that relates p, the number of trees Wangari plants, and h, the time she spends planting them in hours.
Determine Rate: Determine the rate at which Wangari plants trees.Wangari plants 12 trees every 3 hours. To find the rate per hour, we divide the number of trees by the number of hours.Rate = 3 hours12 trees=4 trees/hour
Write Equation: Write the equation relating the number of trees planted to the time spent planting.Since the rate is constant, we can write the equation as p=rate×h, where p is the number of trees planted and h is the time in hours.p=4trees/hour×h
Simplify Equation: Simplify the equation.The equation simplifies to p=4h, since the rate is 4 trees per hour and h represents the hours spent planting.
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