Given: That Pat bounces a basketball 23 times in 30 seconds
To Determine: The rate of bouncing for 150 seconds
Solution
[tex]rate=\frac{number\text{ of bpunces}}{number\text{ of seconds}}[/tex]
Let the number of bounces for 150 seconds be x, therefore comparing the rate would give
[tex]\frac{23}{30}=\frac{x}{150}[/tex]
Cross multiply
[tex]30x=23\times150[/tex]
Divide both sides by 30
[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{30x}{30}=\frac{23\times150}{30} \\ x=23\times5 \\ x=115 \\ x\approx120 \end{gathered}[/tex]
Hence, the approximate rate
