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Mai runs around a 400 meter track at a constant speed of 250 meters per minute. How many minutes does it take Mai to complete 4 laps of the Track?

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Answer:

6.4 minutes, or 6 minutes and 24 seconds

Explanation:

She is running 4 laps, so she is running 1600 meters total. If she runs 250 meters per minute, divide 1600 by 250 to determine how many minutes it will take...

1600/250 = 6.4

Which is 6 minutes + 0.4 minutes

*there are 60 seconds in a minute, so the 0.4 represents 40% of another minute. Multiply 60 by 0.4 to see how many seconds this is...

(0.4)60 = 24 seconds,

So she ran the laps in 6 minutes and 24 seconds

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