Answer to Question #160340 in Algebra for mariella bacoy

Question

1.Anita spends her working hours (8 hours) filing, typing, and placing and receiving calls. If she approximately performs these functions in the ratio of 1:2:3, how many hours does she spend for each function? 

Answer 1

Let Anita spends $x$ hours filing, $2x$ hours typing, and $3x$ hours placing and receiving calls. Then

$$x+2x+3x=8$$

$$6x=8$$

Anita spends $1$ hour $20$ minutes filing, $2$ hours $40$ minutes typing, and $4$ hours placing and receiving calls.