Sam Squirrel gathered half the nuts for winter in July, one fourth in August, one-eighth in September. In Octoberhe gathered the last 25 nuts. How many did he gather in all?

The squirrel gathered 200 nuts altogether

Step-by-step explanation:

Please kindly see the attached files for explanation

a is the correct

b. 1.25 hr

step-by-step explanation:

if you have a constant speed of 60 mph, then you have a ratio between 60 mi. to 1 hr. dividing both sides by 60 we get the ratio

1 mi. to

then mult. both sides by 75 we get the ratio

75 mi. to

simplifying we get

75 mi. to

or 1.25 hr.