SOLUTION: Two children at a time can play pairball. For ninety minutes, with only two children plaing at one time, five children take turns so that each one plays the same amount of time.

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Question 98509: Two children at a time can play pairball. For ninety minutes, with only two children plaing at one time, five children take turns so that each one plays the same amount of time. How many mintues dows each child play?
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In this game only two players can play at a time. In ninety minutes there are 90 x 2 minutes of player time ie 180 minutes. Each of the five children needs to play the same length of time so divide that 180 minutes of player time by the five players to get 36 minutes of time per player.