If Mrs. Cotta can eat 14 peppermints in one minute, then in x minutes, she can eat 14x peppermints.
If it takes 14x peppermints to eat in x minutes, then x minutes is equal to 500 / 14 = <<500/14=35.714285714285715>>35.714285714285715 minutes. Answer: \boxed{36}.
Mrs. Cotta ate 14 peppermints in one minute. How many minutes would it take her to eat 500?
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