an average person's heart beats about 103, 680 times a day. write and solve an equation to find about how many times the average person's heart beats in a minute

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Anonymous · Accepted Answer

72 beats a minute.

Ms. Sue · Answer

103,680 / (24 * 60) = By the way -- your choice of name indicates an insensitive immaturity.

Anonymous · Answer

so it beats 720 beats in a minute?

Ms. Sue · Answer

No. Your arithmetic is flawed.

Ms. Sue · Answer

72 beats a minute is right.

Anonymous · Answer

thank you mrs.sue and i'm sorry about the name.

Ms. Sue · Answer

You are welcome. :-)

rainbow dash · Answer

does the 24 represent a day and 60 represent a minute because i gotta label

Ms. Sue · Answer

Yes. 24 hours in a day 60 minutes in an hour

Anonymous · Answer

37899&382939482828949392818

Anonymous · Answer

I still don't understand how to work it out

Anonymous · Answer

is it 24 divided by 60 and then 103,680 divided to the answer of this?

sex · Answer

72

Peyton · Answer

Your so close but it’s 70

Bella · Answer

72 times per minute. You take 24 hours in a day then the 60 minutes per hour and multiply. 60 times 24. Then take that answer [1,440] and divide it into 103,680. 103,680 divided by 1,440. Your answer is 72.