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Emma drank 1/4 of a milk shake in 1/12 of a minute. How many minutes will it take her to drink a full milk shake?

Answer 1

It wold take Emma #1/3# of a minute or 20 seconds to drink the entire milk shake.

Assuming Emma doesn't take any breaks and drinks the entire milk shake at the same rate as she drank the first #1/4#, the ratio for solving this problem is:

#(1/12)/(1/4) = t/1#

#t = 4/12#

#t = 1/3#

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Answer 2

Savannah Anderson

To find out how many minutes it will take Emma to drink a full milkshake, we need to determine the time it takes for her to drink 1/4 of the milkshake and then multiply that time by 4. Since she drank 1/4 of the milkshake in 1/12 of a minute, it will take her 4 times as long to drink the entire milkshake, so it will take her 4 times 1/12, which equals 1/3 of a minute. Therefore, it will take her 1/3 of a minute to drink a full milkshake.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

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