Answer:
25 minutes
Explanation:
Let's set up a proportion using the following setup:
minutes/laps=minutes/laps
It takes 10 minutes to swim 2 laps.
10 minutes / 2 laps = minutes/laps
We don't know how long it will take to swim 5 laps. Therefore, we can say it takes x minutes to swim 5 laps.
10 minutes/ 2 laps= x minutes / 5 laps
10/2= x/5
We want to find out what x is. Therefore, we need to get x by itself.
x is being divided by 5. The inverse of division is multiplication. Multiply both sides by 5.
5*(10/2)=(x/5)*5
5*10/2=x
5*5=x
25=x
It takes 25 minutes to swim 5 laps.