Steve plants ten trees every three minutes. If he continues planting at the same rate, how long will it take him to plant 2500 trees? Express answer as a decimal in terms of hours.
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To find out how long it will take Steve to plant 2500 trees, we can use a simple ratio.
First, let's figure out how many sets of ten trees Steve needs to plant to reach 2500 trees. We can do this by dividing 2500 by 10:
2500 trees ÷ 10 trees/set = 250 sets of 10 trees
So, Steve needs to plant 250 sets of 10 trees.
Now, we know that Steve plants ten trees every three minutes, which means he plants ten trees per set. To find out how long it takes him to plant 250 sets, we can multiply 3 minutes by 250:
3 minutes/set × 250 sets = 750 minutes
However, the question asks for the answer in terms of hours. To do this, we need to convert the minutes to hours by dividing by 60 (since there are 60 minutes in an hour):
750 minutes ÷ 60 minutes/hour = 12.5 hours
Therefore, it will take Steve 12.5 hours to plant 2500 trees.