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A drilling machine can drill 12 holes in 6 minutes. if the drilling machine drills at a constant speed, it can drill ___ holes in 25 minutes.

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Do a proportion to solve this


(12)/(6) * (x)/(25)


6 x = 300


x = 50 holes in 25 minutes
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t would be 50 holes because if you simplify 12 and 6 by 6 that would be 2 hole in every minute. If you apply that to the 25 minutes then the amount of holes would be 50 because the amount of holes would be double the minutes
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