Assume it takes 180 quarter credits to get a baccalaureate degree. If 1 quarter credit counts for one classroom hour of lecture each week of the quarter and you study 2.5 hours for each hour in class,how many hours must you invest to get a degree? (You may assume each quarter has 10 weeks of class and no holidays.)
1 credit = 10 hours + 25 hours = 35 hours
35 * 180 = ?
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To determine the total number of hours you must invest to get a degree, we need to calculate the number of classroom hours per quarter and then multiply it by the number of quarters required to complete the degree.
Given that 1 quarter credit counts for one classroom hour of lecture each week, and there are 10 weeks in a quarter, we can calculate the total number of classroom hours per quarter as follows:
Total classroom hours per quarter = 1 quarter credit × 10 weeks = 10 classroom hours
Since you study 2.5 hours for each hour in class, we need to multiply the total classroom hours per quarter by 2.5 to get the total study hours per quarter:
Total study hours per quarter = 10 classroom hours × 2.5 study hours/hour = 25 study hours
Now, to find the total number of study hours required to get a degree, we multiply the total study hours per quarter by the number of quarters needed to complete the degree:
Total study hours for a degree = Total study hours per quarter × Number of quarters
Given that it takes 180 quarter credits to get a baccalaureate degree, we can calculate the number of quarters needed:
Number of quarters = 180 quarter credits / 1 quarter credit = 180 quarters
Substituting the values into the equation:
Total study hours for a degree = 25 study hours/quarter × 180 quarters
Calculating the result:
Total study hours for a degree = 4500 study hours
Therefore, to get a baccalaureate degree, you would need to invest approximately 4,500 study hours.