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Taylor and Desmond ran laps after school to train for the football team. The ratio of the number of laps Taylor ran to the number of laps Desmond ran was 2:3.

If Taylor ran 4 laps, how many laps did Desmond run?

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Answer 6 laps

Explanation:

Since the ratio is 2:3, and 4 is twice the number of 2, then you'd have to times 3 by 2, in which you'd get 6.

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