Question

A sheriff patrols several neighborhoods in her patrol car it requires 4/15 of an hour to patrol an entire neighborhood.Can a sheriff patrol 2 3 4 or 6 neighborhoods in 8/9 an hour

Answer 1

Answer:

3

Step-by-step explanation:

For this question, you need to make change the denominators of the fractions to be equal, making them the same lowest common denominator.

8/9 -> 40/45

4/15 -> 12/45

Since 12 goes into 40 3 1/3 times, he can patrol that many neighborhoods in 8/9's of an hour, which is rounded to 3 because he doesn't have enough time for 4.