Question

Fred and Ben each ran laps around the track. Fred completed his run in 16 minutes. Ben completed his run in 3/4 of the amount of time of Freds run. What was bens time?

Answer 1

Time required by Ben was 12 minutes.

Explanation:

Given:

Time Required for Fred = 16 mins

Ben completed his run in 3/4 of the amount of time of Freds run.

We need to find the time required by Ben.

Now Given that;

Ben completed his run in 3/4 of the amount of time of Freds run.

It means that time required by Ben is equal to 3/4 times time required by Fred.

Time required by Ben =
`(3)/(4)*  Freds \ run`

Time required by Ben =
`(3)/(4)* 16 = 12\ mins`

Hence Time required by Ben was 12 minutes.