Question

ang actions Welcome, Synthes In one year, the Perseid meteor shower How many more meteors fell during the Perseid meteor shower? had a meteor appear every 1 minutes on average. That same year, the Leonid meteor shower had a meteor appear 2 every 4 minutes on average. Each minute, there were times as many meteors in the Perseid meteor shower than in the Leonid meteor shower. DONE 0 357 O

Answer 1

The rate of the Perseid is 1 meteor in 1 1/5 minutes

The rate of the Leonid is 1 meteor in 4 2/3 minutes

To find how many more the divide the two times to find how many 1 1/5 in 4 2/3

$\begin{gathered} \because4\frac{2}{3}=\frac{4\times3+2}{3}=\frac{12+2}{3}=\frac{14}{3} \\ \because1\frac{1}{5}=\frac{1\times5+1}{5}=\frac{5+1}{5}=\frac{6}{5} \end{gathered}$

Divide the 2 improper fractions to find the answer

$\frac{\frac{14}{3}}{\frac{6}{5}}=\frac{14}{3}\times\frac{5}{6}=\frac{70}{18}=\frac{35}{9}$

Change it to a mixed number

$\frac{35}{9}=3\frac{8}{9}$