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Heather is a cashier. She can ring up 12 customers in 9 minutes.

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She rung up 40 items
User Chenxinlong
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Solution:

Time taken to ring 12 customers = 9min

Time taken to ring 1 customer =9/12 min

=3/4 min

Time taken to ring 4 customer = 3×4/4

=3 min

We can conclude that the correct answer is:

she will take 3 minutes to ring 4 customers

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