Question

The picture shows a carousel. The carousel spins while the horses move up and down. A student determines to

each horse completes one up-down cycle in 30 seconds. The student rides a horse on the carousel for 2 minute
which equals 120 seconds.
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Answer 1

4 times

Explanation:

Note,

• 60 seconds = 1 minute
• 120 seconds = 2 minutes (60*2).

Since the student rode a horse for 120 seconds, to find the number of times the student riding the carousel completed the up-down cycle, we divide it by 30 seconds (which is the duration for the horse to complete one up-down cycle) because the student would be having the same duration as the horse because he was on top the horse.

Hence, we have;

120/30 = 4