Question

John ran a race in 36 minutes. If each lap takes 9 minutes to run, write and solve an equation to find out how many laps John had to run.

SHOW YOUR WORK AND SOLVE PLEASE

Answer 1

4 laps

Explanation:

Solved using a proportion.

`(1)/(9) = (y)/(36)`

9 × y = 1 × 36

9y = 36

9y ÷ 9 = 36 ÷ 9

y = 4