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Last week, Isabella spent 2 hours doing homework. Lindsey did homework for \(\frac{1}{2}\) as many hours as Isabella did. How many hours did Lindsey spend doing homework?

Answer :

Lindsey spent 1 hour doing homework.

To determine how many hours Lindsey spent doing homework, we start by looking at the information given in the question.

Isabella spent a total of 2 hours doing her homework.

Lindsey did homework for half as many hours as Isabella. This means we need to calculate:

[tex]\text{Hours worked by Lindsey} = \frac{1}{2} \times \text{Hours worked by Isabella}[/tex]

Substituting the hours Isabella worked:

[tex]\text{Hours worked by Lindsey} = \frac{1}{2} \times 2 \text{ hours}[/tex]

Now, calculating this gives:

[tex]\text{Hours worked by Lindsey} = 1 \text{ hour}[/tex]