Answer:
3 gallons.
Step-by-step explanation:
We have been given that Jen picked 3/4 of a gallon of strawberries in a half an hour.
Let us convert our given time in minutes.
1 hour= 60 minutes.
1/2 hour= 30 minutes.
So 2 hours= 120 minutes.
Let us find the number of gallons of strawberries picked by Jen in 30 minutes by dividing 3/4 by 30.
[tex]\text{The number of gallons of strawberries picked by Jen in 30 minutes}=\frac{\frac{3}{4} }{30}[/tex]
[tex]\text{The number of gallons of strawberries picked by Jen in 30 minutes}=\frac{3}{4*30}[/tex]
[tex]\text{The number of gallons of strawberries picked by Jen in 30 minutes}=\frac{1}{40}[/tex]
Now let us multiply 1/40 by 120 to find the number of gallons of strawberries picked by Jen in 120 minutes(2 hours).
[tex]\text{The number of gallons of strawberries picked by Jen in 30 minutes}=120*\frac{1}{40}[/tex]
[tex]\text{The number of gallons of strawberries picked by Jen in 30 minutes}=3[/tex]
Therefore, Jen picked 3 gallons of strawberries in 2 hours.
