Question

Makayla attended two meetings during her $9$ -hour work day. The first meeting took $45$ minutes and the second meeting took twice as long. What percent of her work day was spent attending meetings?

$15$

$20$

$25$

$30$

$35$

Answer: C

Concepts:percentage unit conversion

Difficulty rating: 870

Solution:

Note that $45$ minutes is $\dfrac{45}{60} = \dfrac{3}{4}$ hours. The second meeting is then $2 \cdot \dfrac{3}{4} = \dfrac{3}{2}$ hours. Both meetings take a total of $\dfrac{3}{4} + \dfrac{3}{2} = \dfrac{9}{4}$ hours then. The percent of Makayla's work day spent attending meetings is $100 \% \cdot \dfrac{\frac{9}{4}}{9} = 100 \% \cdot \dfrac{1}{4} = 25 \%.$

Thus, C is the correct answer.

2010 AMC 10B Problem 2

Answer: C

Difficulty rating: 870

Solution:

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