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A new amusement park ride that last one minute can have up to 1,200 Riders per hour. How many riders can ride per minute.

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Just divide 1,200 by 60 because there are 60 minutes in 1 hour.

Just think about it this way: If you eat 1 banana a minute, you eat 60 bananas an hour. The amusement park ride goes around once a minute. In one hour it goes around 60 times. Each time it carries the same amount of people.

1,200 divided by 60 is...

20!

The ride can carry 20 riders each ride, and each ride lasts a minute.

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Answer:

20

Explanation:

1 hour = 60 minutes

1200 riders = 60 minutes: divide by sixty to set equal to 1

20 riders = 1 minute

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