1 person is born every 5 seconds. How many people are born in 1 minute?

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    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    1 person is born every 5 seconds. How many people are born in 1 minute?

    Set up the chain:
    1 person / 5 seconds * 60 seconds / 1 minute

    Since 60/5 is 12, and the seconds cancel, we have:
    12 people / minute
     
    math_celebrity, Mar 19, 2020
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