SOLUTION: If someone can run 3 laps in 9 minutes and someone else can run 2 laps in 7 minutes who runs faster or do they run the same?

SOLUTION: If someone can run 3 laps in 9 minutes and someone else can run 2 laps in 7 minutes who runs faster or do they run the same?

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Question 1098934: If someone can run 3 laps in 9 minutes and someone else can run 2 laps in 7 minutes who runs faster or do they run the same?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
laps per minute
versus
laps per minute

Now, are those the same? Which is faster?
Their equivalent fractions with denominator of 21?
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