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If a sprinkler waters 1/15 of a lawn in 1/5 of an hour, how much time will it take to water the entire lawn?

User Kapsonfire
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if 1/15 of a lawn is sprinkled

in 1/5 of an hour

you must multiply both to get a resalt of 3

User Alexblae
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For 1/15 of lawn it takes = 1/5
So, for lawn it will take = 1/5 * 15 = 3

So, your final answer is 3 hours

Hope this helps!
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