Maratha bakes between 4 1/4 and 9 3/4 hours each day at her bakery. About how many hours does she spend baking in one week?
To find out how many hours Maratha spends baking in one week, we need to first determine the range of hours she bakes in a day.
Maratha bakes between 4 1/4 and 9 3/4 hours each day. Let's convert these mixed fractions into improper fractions for easier calculations.
4 1/4 hours can be written as 17/4 hours, since 4 * 4 + 1 = 17.
9 3/4 hours can be written as 39/4 hours, since 4 * 9 + 3 = 39.
Now, to find the total hours Maratha bakes in one week, we need to multiply the range of hours per day by the number of days in a week.
There are 7 days in a week, so we multiply the range by 7:
17/4 * 7 = 119/4
39/4 * 7 = 273/4
To simplify the fractions, we divide the numerator by the denominator:
119/4 = 29 3/4
273/4 = 68 1/4
Therefore, Maratha spends between approximately 29 3/4 and 68 1/4 hours baking in one week.