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Each morning, Jared needs 60 minutes to get ready for school. Kiara needs 7/12 as much time as Jared. How many minutes does Kiara need each morning to get ready for school?
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Each morning, Jared needs 60 minutes to get ready for school. Kiara needs 7/12 as much time as Jared. How many minutes does Kiara need each morning to get ready for school?

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Kiara needs 35 minutes to get ready for school
User Yomimono
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Given:
Jared needs 60min
Kiara needs
(7)/(12) of (60)

Multiply
(7)/(12) by 60

(7)/(12) *
(60)/(1)
This can be simplified to
(7)/(1) *
(5)/(1)
7*5 = 35

The answer is Kiara needs 35 minutes to get ready for school.
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