Wyatt can husk at least 12 dozen ears of corn per hour and at most 18 dozen ears of corn per hour. Based on this information. what is a possible amount of time, in hours, that it could take wyatt to husk 72 dozen ears of corn?

If Wyatt can husk at least 12 an hour, then to work out how much 72 takes, we do 72 : 12 to find out the time. The answer is 6.

If Wyatt can husk 18 at most, then we do 72 : 18 = 4 hours.

Wyatt can husk 72 dozen ears in anywhere between 4 and 6 hours, but if you were to average it, you would get 5 hours. ((4 + 6) : 2 = 5).

So a possible amount of time

find the range of highest and lowest

equation is

(number of corns per hour) times (number of hours) = 72

so

12 times x=72 would be longest and

18 times y=72 would be shortest

solve

12 times x=72

divid 12

x=6

6 hours at most

18 times x=72

divide 18

x=4

at most 6 hours an at least 4 hours so

6>hours>4

any number of hours from 4 to 6 including 4 and 6