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Jaime ran 10 laps in 30 minutes. He wants to increase the number of laps tomorrow in the same ratio. If he runs 25 laps, how many minutes will he take to finish?

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Answer to a math question Jaime ran 10 laps in 30 minutes. He wants to increase the number of laps tomorrow in the same ratio. If he runs 25 laps, how many minutes will he take to finish?

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\text{Jaime's current ratio of laps to time:} \frac{10 \text{ laps}}{30 \text{ minutes}} = \frac{1}{3}

\text{Let } t \text{ be the time needed for 25 laps in minutes}

\frac{1}{3} = \frac{25}{t}

\text{Cross-multiply and solve for } t:

t = 25 \times 3

t = 75

\text{Answer: } 75 \text{ minutes}

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