Answer:
A tire b had to fill 2 1/2 tires with air. It took a small air compressor 2 1/2 seconds to fill them up.The time taken to fill 8 tires is 8 seconds
Explanation:
Time taken by small air compressor to fill air in [tex]2 \frac{1}{2}[/tex] tires in a tire shop = [tex]2 \frac{1}{2}[/tex] seconds
So, time taken by the small air compressor to fill air in 1 tire
= [tex]2 \frac{1}{2}[/tex] divided by [tex]2 \frac{1}{2}[/tex]
=[tex]\frac{2 \frac{1}{2} }{2 \frac{1}{2}}[/tex]
= 1 second
So, time taken by it to fill 8 tires = 8*1 seconds
= 8 seconds
which is the the time taken to fill 8 tires
