Marcus plays basketball for nine hours each week his friend Louis spends 5/6 as much time playing basketball who plays more basketball? I think you multiply 9x5/6, is that correct?
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To determine who plays more basketball between Marcus and Louis, let's first compare their playing times.
Marcus plays basketball for 9 hours each week, as stated in the question.
Now, according to the question, Louis spends 5/6 as much time playing basketball as Marcus. To find out how much time Louis spends playing basketball, we need to multiply Marcus' playing time by 5/6.
So, you are correct in multiplying 9 by 5/6.
To perform the calculation:
9 * 5/6 = 45/6 = 7.5
Therefore, Louis spends 7.5 hours playing basketball each week.
Now, comparing Marcus and Louis, we can conclude that Marcus plays more basketball because he plays for 9 hours, whereas Louis plays for only 7.5 hours.