Patricia studied 4 1/2
hours for her Social Studies test. She studied half as long for her science test as she did for the Social Studies test. How long did she study for the science test?(1 point)
Responses
9 hours
2 1/2
1/2
2 1/4
To find out how long Patricia studied for the science test, we need to find half of the time she studied for the social studies test.
Half of 4 1/2 hours is calculated as (1/2) * 4 1/2 = 9/2 * 1/2 = 9/4 = 2 1/4 hours.
Therefore, Patricia studied for the science test for 2 1/4 hours.
To find out how long Patricia studied for her science test, we need to know how long she studied for her Social Studies test.
Given that Patricia studied 4 1/2 hours for her Social Studies test, we can find out how long she studied for her science test by dividing this duration by 2.
4 1/2 ÷ 2 = 2 1/4
So, Patricia studied for 2 1/4 hours for her science test.