College Algebra 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305115546
ISBN 13: 978-1-30511-554-5

Chapter P, Prerequisites - Section P.9 - Modeling with Equations - P.9 Exercises - Page 70: 5

Answer

1/x

Work Step by Step

A painter paints a wall in $x$ hours, so the fraction of the wall that she paints in 1 hour is ___ 1 wall / x hours = 1/x___.
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