SOLUTION: A watch loses 2 minutes in 10 hours. At this rate, how much will it lose in 24 hours?

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Question 311662: A watch loses 2 minutes in 10 hours. At this rate, how much will it lose in 24 hours?
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
We can set up a proportion with this as:
2/10=n/24
Cross multiply to get:
10n=48 Divide both sides by 10 to get:
n=4.8 minutes.
Make sense?
RJ
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