A company has budgeted 5 1/4 hours to complete a project, with 1/3 of the time spent on research. How much time does the company plan to spend on research? Express your answer as a mixed number.
A) 5/12
B) 7/4
C) 5 1/12
D)1 3/4
To find the amount of time the company plans to spend on research, we need to multiply the total budgeted time by the fraction of time spent on research.
5 1/4 hours = 5 + 1/4 = 20/4 + 1/4 = 21/4
Fraction of time spent on research = 1/3
Time spent on research = (21/4) * (1/3) = 21/12 = 1 9/12 = 1 3/4
Therefore, the company plans to spend 1 3/4 hours on research.
The answer is D) 1 3/4.