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In 7 minutes, Jo swims 12 laps. If she maintains the same pace, how long will it take Jo to swim 30 laps? SHOW ALL WORK. Answer the question using a complete sentence PLEASE...

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Jo swims 12 laps in 7 minutes, and we have to find how many minutes it would take to complete 30 laps.
First, we have to figure out how many 12 laps are in 30 laps.
30/12 = 2.5
Since this is a proportion, we have to apply the same 2.5 to 7 minutes.
7 * 2.5 = 17.5 minutes.
It would take Jo 17.5 minutes to complete 30 laps.

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