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A farmer picks 8 oranges in 2 minutes. The farmer continues to pick oranges at this rate. How many minutes does it take the farmer to pick 56 oranges?

Respuesta :

it takes the farmer 14 minutes to pick 56 oranges

Answer:

it takes the farmer 14 minutes to pick 56 oranges.

Step-by-step explanation:

8 Oranges in 2 minutes. To find the number pick in 1 minute, we need to divide the number picked by the amount of time it took.

8/2=4

Now we know the farmer picks 4 oranges in a minute. So to fid how many minutes it took to pick a certain number of oranges, we need to divide that number by four.

56/4=14

I takes 14 minutes for the farmer to pick 56 oranges.