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Ian has 3/4 of an hour to work on math problems before he leaves for track practice each problem takes 1/12 of an hour how many problems will ian be able to finish before leaving

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Answer:

9

Explanation:

Since Ian has 3/4 of an hour that is 45 minutes left till practice and it takes 5 minutes per question so he will have 9 questions finished

User GO VEGAN
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Answer:

9 problems

Explanation:

The number can be found by dividing the time by the rate.

(3/4 h)/(1/12 problems/h) = (9/12)/(1/12) problems = 9/1 problems

= 9 problems

Ian can finish 9 problems before leaving.

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