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In 10 seconds Lauren counts 5 vehicles passing by her house at that rate how many vehicles would passing by in one hour​

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Answer:

1,800 vehicles

Explanation:

We need to find what fraction of an hour 10 seconds is, so we will divide 60 (minutes) by 1/6 (minutes). From solving this, we will get 360. That is how many 10 second chunks pass in an hour. We will multiply 360 by 5, and we get 1,800 vehicles!

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