SOLUTION: Please help me solve this question. Sarah does 1/5 of a job in 6 minutes. At this rate, what fraction of the job will she do in 10 minutes ?

Question 723683: Please help me solve this question. Sarah does 1/5 of a job in 6 minutes. At this rate, what fraction of the job will she do in 10 minutes
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Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Sarah does 1/5 of a job in 6 minutes
The whole job is , so
she must work 5 times as long to do
5 times as much work, so
Sarah does 1 job in 30 minutes
If she only works for 1/3 of this time,
which is 10 minutes, she will only get
1/3 as much done, so
Sarah does 1/3 of the job in 10 minutes

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