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a wheel makes 40 revolutions per minute at this rate how many minutes does it take the wheel to make 280 revolutions

User ShelbyZ
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40 revolution in 1 minute
280 revolutions in x minutres

X= 280•1/40= 280/40= 28/4=7 minutes
User Jan Franta
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It would take 7 minutes.

Because it makes 40 revolutions per minute, and it needs to make 280 revolutions, you can find it by 280/40, which equals 7.
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