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Rocky finished a 200-meter race in 5/12 of a minute.The winner finished 21/25 of Rocks time to finish the race.How much time did the winner use to finish the race

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Explanation:

5/12 x 21/25=105/300

105/300 divided by 5=21/60

21/60 divided by 3 =7/20

the winner use 7/20 of a minute or time to finish the race

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Answer the winner finished the race in 1.75 minutes

Explanation:

Rocky finished a 200-meter race in 5/12 of a minute.

The winner finished 21/25 of Rocks time to finish the race. This means that the time that the winner took in finishing the race would be

5/12 × 21/5 = 21/12 of a minute.

Converting to decimal, it becomes

1.75 minutes

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