Susan and Daphne are participating in a walk-a-thon at the local community college track to raise money. Susan can walk around the track in 4 minutes. Daphne can walk around the track in 6 minutes. Susan and Daphne started walking at the same time. How many minutes will it be until they complete a lap at the same

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Answer:12 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

Susan and Daphne walk around the track for 12 minutes until they complete a lap at the same.

What is time?

" Time is defined as the measurable period during which some work or action is done."

According to the question,

Given,

Time take by Susan to walk around the track = 4 minutes.

Time take by Daphne to walk around the track = 6 minutes.

As per given condition,

Least common multiple of 6 and 4 is 12.

Susan will cover distance in 1 min of time= [tex]\frac{1}{4}[/tex]

                                                                    =[tex]\frac{3}{12}[/tex]

Daphne will cover distance in 1 min of time= [tex]\frac{1}{6}[/tex]

                                                                       = [tex]\frac{2}{12}[/tex]

Number of laps taken by Susan = 3

Number of laps taken by Daphne = 2

Time taken by Susan and Daphne = 12minutes

Hence, Susan and Daphne walk around the track for 12 minutes until they complete a lap at the same.

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