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Liam is a tyre fitter.

It takes him 124 minutes to fit 4 tyres to a lorry.
a)
How long would it take him to fit 6 tyres to a lorry?
b)
If he works for 93 minutes, how many tyres can he fit?

User Nonshatter
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a) 186 minutes
b) 3 tyres

We can take 124 and divide it by 4 to see how long it takes him to fit 1 tyre, then use that number to sort the rest out.

124/4 = 31

It takes Liam 31 minutes to fit one tyre to a lorry.

To fit 6 tyres, it takes 6 x 31 = 186 minutes

If he works for 93 minutes,
93/31 = 3 tyres

Please let me know if you have any questions.
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