Question

It takes my’khiyah 40 seconds to run 1/3 of a lap. How many laps can she run in 5 minutes

Answer 1

Answer:
number of laps = 5/2 = 2.5 laps 

Explanation:
First, we will need to convert the minutes to seconds.
5 minutes = 5 * 60 = 300 seconds

Now, we know that she can run 1/3 of a lap in 40 seconds. To know the number of laps that she can run in 300 seconds, all we have to do is cross multiplication as follows:
40 seconds .................> 1/3 laps
300 seconds ................> ?? laps
number of laps = (300 * 1/3) / 40
number of laps = (100) / 40
number of laps = 5/2 = 2.5 laps

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