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Kim and Jay leave at the same time to travel 25 miles to the beach. Kim drives 9 miles in 12 minutes. Jay drives 10 miles in 15 minutes. If they both continue at the same rate, who arrive at the beach
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Kim and Jay leave at the same time to travel 25 miles to the beach. Kim drives 9 miles in 12 minutes. Jay drives 10 miles in 15 minutes. If they both continue at the same rate, who arrive at the beach first?

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Kim will get there faster because if you think of it as decimals, 9/12=3/4=0.75 and then Jay’s are 10/15=2/3=0.67 (but It would be 0.667 realistically) Which means Kim will be there faster.
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