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Tran ate 7 hot dogs every 14 minutes, at that rate, how long, in minutes, will it take to eat 4 Hot Dogs

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8 minutes.

7 hot dogs in 14 minutes is 1 hot dog every 2 minutes.

At this rate:

2 minutes - 1 hot dog

4 minutes - 2 hot dogs

6 minutes - 3 hot dogs

8 minutes - 4 hot dogs

The calculation for this is:

n X 2

(n is the number of hot dogs)