Question

Inés da ran 3 laps in 10 minutes how long it would take her to run 5 laps at this place? A.1/12 minute b.15 minute c.162/3 minutes d. 20 minutes

Answer 1

To solve this problem, we can set up a ratio of laps to time.

Since Inés can run 3 laps in 10 minutes, the ratio is 3 laps / 10 minutes.

To find out how long it would take her to run 5 laps, we can set up a proportion:

3 laps / 10 minutes = 5 laps / x minutes

Cross multiply:
3x = 10 * 5
3x = 50

Divide both sides by 3:
x = 50 / 3

So, it would take Inés approximately 16 2/3 minutes (c. 162/3 minutes) to run 5 laps at this place.