Question

Shelley ran 20 minutes and burned 130 calories. How many calories did Shelly burn per minute?

Answer 1

ANSWER

6.5 calories per minute.

EXPLANATION

To find the calories Shelley burned per minute, divide the total calories burned by the total minutes ran.

Calories burned for a minute

$= \frac{130}{20}$

This will give us,

$= \frac{13}{2}$

$= 6.5 \: calories$