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Contestants in a dance-a-thon rest for the same amount of time every hour. A couple rests for 25 minutes in 5 hours. How long did they rest in 8 hours?
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Contestants in a dance-a-thon rest for the same amount of time every hour. A couple rests for 25 minutes in 5 hours. How long did they rest in 8 hours?

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They rested for 96 minutes (also 1 hour and 36 minutes) in 8 hours.
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25 divided by 5=5, that's 5 minutes an hour. 8-5=3 hours, 5 times 3=15, go back to original time of 25 for 5 hours and add 15 for 3 hours. ANSWER is 40 minutes.
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