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Santiago can text 74 words in 4 minutes. At this rate, how many minutes would it take him to text 37 words?

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Explanation:

To find out how many minutes it would take Santiago to text 37 words at the given rate of 74 words in 4 minutes, you can set up a proportion:

74 words / 4 minutes = 37 words / x minutes

Now, you can solve for x (the number of minutes it would take):

divide 74 and 4 minutes = (37/x) minutes

18.5 minutes = 37/x minutes

To isolate x, you can divide both sides by 18.5: then divide 37 and 18.5

x = 37 / 18.5x = 2

So, it would take Santiago 2 minutes to text 37 words at the given rate.

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