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  • 26-08-2020
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A turtle moves an an average speed of 12 inches/hour. How long does it take the turtle to travel 8 inches?

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BrainLifting
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  • 26-08-2020

Answer:

40 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

We can solve this problem through finding the proportion...

Let the time taken to travel 8 inches at the speed be x

Hence, 12:60 :: 8:x

We must multiply the extremes and the nears..

Hence,

12x=60×8

x=60×8/12

x=40 minutes

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