A tax consultant takes 1 1/5 hours to prepare a personal tax return and 6 3/10 hours to prepare a small business return. How much longer does it take him to prepare the small business​ return?
To find out how much longer it takes the tax consultant to prepare the small business return compared to the personal tax return, we need to subtract the time it takes to prepare the personal tax return from the time it takes to prepare the small business return.
6 3/10 hours - 1 1/5 hours = 6 3/10 - 5/5 = 6 3/10 - 1 1/5 = 6 3/10 - 6/5 = 18/10 - 12/10 = 6/10 = 3/5 hours
Therefore, it takes the tax consultant 3/5 hours longer to prepare the small business return compared to the personal tax return.