Question

Ben goes to the grocery store at a rate of 3 times a week. How many times would he be expected to go to the grocery store in 10 weeks?Translate to a proportion: times/weeks=x/weeksx=____ times in 10 weeks

Answer 1

Given: Ben goes to the grocery store at a rate of 3 times a week.

Required: To determine how often Ben would be expected to go to the grocery store in 10 weeks.

Explanation: Let Ben goes x times to the grocery store in 10 weeks. It is given that Ben goes three times to the grocery store in 1 weeks. It can be translated to proportions as

$\frac{3}{1}=\frac{x}{10}$

Solving the above proportion gives,

$x=30\text{ times.}$

Final Answer: Translate to proportion-

$\frac{3}{1}=\frac{x}{10}$

x=30 times in 10 weeks.