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Pete can mow 1/5 of a lawn in 15 minuets. How many hours would it take him to mow 7 lawns?

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First, let’s find out how long it takes Pete to mow one lawn.

If Pete can mow 1/5 of a lawn in 15 minutes, then to mow one whole lawn, he would take:



Now, let’s convert 75 minutes into hours:



So, it takes Pete 1.25 hours to mow one lawn.

To mow 7 lawns, Pete would take:



Therefore, it would take Pete 8.75 hours to mow 7 lawns.
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