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You can mow 800 square feet of lawn in 15 minutes at this rate how many minutes will it take you to mow a lawn that measures 6000 square feet?

Part A write a proportion to represent the problem. Use M to represent the number of minutes. Explain your reasoning.

Part B solve the proportion you wrote in part A. Then use it to answer the problem. Show your work.

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If you would like to know how many minutes will it take you to mow a lawn that measures 6000 square feet, you can calculate this using the following steps:

800 square feet ... 15 minutes
6000 square feet ... M minutes = ?

800 * M = 15 * 6000
M = 15 * 6000 / 800
M = 112.5 minutes

This will take 112.5 minutes.
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