SOLUTION: The waiting time to ride a roller coaster is 20 minutes when 150 people are in line. At this rate, how long is the waiting time when 240 people are in line?

Question 1010655: The waiting time to ride a roller coaster is 20 minutes when 150 people are in line. At this rate, how long is the waiting time when 240 people are in line?
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Given that there is a proper relationship here, we can solve this using a proportion:

Now multiply by 240 and get
x = 32 minutes
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