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At the fun fair, the pony rides take about 1 6th of an hour to finish. If there are 3

ponies and 24 kids in front of Emma. How long does Emma need to wait before it
is her turn for the pony ride?​

User Psmay
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Final answer:

Emma will have to wait for 7 kids to ride before her, and with each ride taking 10 minutes, she will have to wait 70 minutes in total.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question involves calculating the waiting time for Emma to get her turn on the pony ride at the fun fair. Since the pony rides take about 1/6th of an hour to finish and there are 3 ponies available, we can establish each pony ride's duration to be 10 minutes (since 1 hour = 60 minutes, so 1/6th of an hour is 10 minutes).

With 24 kids in front of Emma and 3 ponies, the children can be divided evenly among the 3 ponies. This means each pony will have 8 kids waiting in their line, including Emma.

For Emma to reach the front of the line, 7 kids must ride before her on her pony line. Emma's waiting time will be 7 kids × 10 minutes per ride = 70 minutes of waiting time before it's her turn.

User Brouxhaha
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Answer 4 hours and 10 min

Step-by-step explanation:

you say its 3 pony rides right 1/6 of a hour is 10 mins so example of the rides: I I I=30 mins I I I = 30 mins I I I=30 mins I I I=30 mins I I I=30 MINS I I I=30 MINS I I I=30 MINS I I I =30 MINS I = 10 MINS 30+30+30+30+30+30+30+30+10=250 convert in hours 4 hours and 10 minutes dont MY WORK MIGHT NOT BE RIGHT SO YOU HAVE TO CHECK IT FOR YOURSELF so in total their are 25 students right including emma

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