Hector’s school is holding a fitness challenge. Students are encouraged to exercise at least 2 1/2 hours per week. Hector exercises about the same number of hours each week. During a four week period he exercises for 11 1/2 hours. Hector wants to compare his exercise rate with the fitness challenge rate. How many hours per week does Hector exercise?
To find out how many hours per week Hector exercises, we can divide the total number of hours he exercised in the four week period by the number of weeks.
11 1/2 hours / 4 weeks = 2.875 hours per week
Therefore, Hector exercises for 2.875 hours per week.