Leisurely swimming burns around 350 calories an hour. About how many minutes will it take to burn 150 calories through leisurely swimming?

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Junaid Mirza
Mar 14, 2018

"25.7 minutes"

Explanation:

"350 calories = 1 hour"

"150 calories" = 150 cancel"calories" × "1 hour"/(350 cancel"calories") = 3/7\ "hour"

3/7\ "hour" = 3/7 cancel"hour" × "60 minutes"/(1 cancel"hour") = 180/7\ "minutes" = color(blue)(25.7\ "minutes")

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