Question

An average person's heart beats about 103,630 times a day. Write and solve an equation to find about how many times the average person's heart beats in one minute

Answer 1

If an average persons heart beats at 103,630 times a day, and a day equals 24 hours, along with the fact that a minute consists of 60 minutes our equations can be:

103,630/(24*60)

To solve the equation we would first start with 24*60 which equals 1440. Then divide 103,630 by that number. Which would equal 71 time per minute.

Answer 2

Answer: (103,630 ÷ 24) ÷ 60

(103,630 ÷ 24) ÷ 60

4,318 ÷ 60 = 72

The average person's heart beats about 72 times per minute.