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Brandon is climbing a tree. It takes him one third of a minute to climb

up to the next branch. How long will it take him to reach the top
has to climb up 15 branches?

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Answer:

5 minutes.

Explanation:

If it takes him 1/3 of a minute to climb a branch, then that means it takes him 20 seconds to climb a branch. If he has 15 branches to climb then all you do is 20*15=300 seconds or 5 minutes :).

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