Mark transferred songs from his computer onto his portable music player. He transferred 2 6/7 songs in 1 2/3 minutes. How many songs did he transfer per minute?

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FierceMonkey · Answer 1 · 2017-08-27T22:28:13+0000

(2 6/7) / (1 2/3) = x/1
cross multiply...and turn mixed numbers to improper fractions
5/3x = 20/7
x = 20/7 * 3/5
x = 60/35 = 1 5/7 songs per minute