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Jerry can eat 24 hot dogs in 6 minutes. They want to know how many minutes (m) it would take them to eat 35 hot dogs if they can keep up the same pace. How many minutes would Jerry need to eat 35 hot dogs?

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User AndyDan
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Answer: 8 minutes and 45 seconds or 8.75 minutes

Explanation:

Find hot dogs per minute

24/6=4 hot dogs per minute

35/4=8.75

So jerry needs 8 minutes and

60x0.75= 45 seconds

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