Solve this problem.

at the end of each working day, highway police must report the total amount of time spent performing certain tasks. during one 8-hour shift, an officer spent 30 minutes aiding vehicles in distress, 1 3/4 hours at the scene of an accident, and 2 hours and 25 minutes writing tickets. how much time did the officer spend doing these tasks?

select the correct answer.

a)4 1/2 hours
b)4 2/3 hours
c)4 1/3 hours
d)4 hours

10

step-by-step explanation:

answer: the answer is one of

step-by-step explanation:   we are given to write a proper fraction where the whole is divided into an even number of equal parts less than ten, and an odd number of those parts exist.

an even number less than 10 may be one of 2, 4, 6 or 8. so, the whole may be one of these four evens.

now, an odd number of these parts must exist, so the numerator must be an odd number, one of 1, 3, 5 or 7. it cannot be 9 because then the fraction will become improper.

thus, our fraction may be one of the following