document.write( "Question 515714: gina can cook basmati rice 3 times faster in a pressure cooker than she can in a regular pot. if the rice usually takes 24 minutes to cook in a regular pot what is the cooking time in a pressure cooker? \n" ); document.write( "

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To say the pressure cooker does the job \"three times faster\" is to say it does the job in 1/3 the time of the other method.
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\n" ); document.write( "The other method takes 24 minutes to cooks the rice.
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\n" ); document.write( "1/3*24 = 8 minutes to cook the rice in the pressure cooker. \n" ); document.write( "

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