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A moving person travels 24 feet in 7 seconds.The moving sidewalk has a length of 180 feet.how long will it talk to move from one end of the sidewalk to the other

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Answer:

=53 seconds.

Step-by-step explanation:

24ft=7sec

180

180 x 7

_______=52.5=53

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User Sk Saad Al Mahmud
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Answer:
52.5 seconds

Step-by-step explanation:
Using proportions, you can set it up like this: (x being how long it'll take to walk)
When you cross multiply (X times 24 = 180 times 7), you get 24x = 1,260. Divide by 24 and you find x (your answer) to be 52.5 seconds.
A moving person travels 24 feet in 7 seconds.The moving sidewalk has a length of 180 feet-example-1
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