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Can anyone help me?? :)-example-1

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Create an equation for this problem. It should look like:

2.4m = 51.6, where m is the number of minutes that the faucet was on.

Solve for m by dividing both sides of the equation by 2.4.

m = 21.5

This means the faucet was on for 21.5 minutes.

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