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Tracy can jump rope 26 times in

1 minute. How many times can
she jump rope in 90 seconds?

User Kindisch
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Since Tracy can jump rope 26 times in a minute, we can make a equation.


  • 1\:minute=60\:seconds

Now here is our equation


(26)/(60) =(x)/(90)

cross-multiply


60x=2340

do simple algebra and divide


x=39

Tracy can jump rope 39 times in 90 seconds.

User Sateesh
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