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Molly spent 1 hour and 30 minutes swimming 5 laps in the river. If it took her the same time to swim each lap, how long would it take her to swim 7 laps?

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126 hours (aka 2 hours and 6 minutes)

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User Jolivia
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Answer:

126 minutes or 2 hours and 6 minutes

Explanation:

Find how long it took her to swim one lap

1 hour and 30 minutes = 90 minutes

90/5 = 18

This means it took her 18 mins to swim each lap

18 · 7 = 126

It took her 126 minutes/2 hours and 6 minutes to swim 7 laps

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