Kyle and Taylor ran laps after school to train for the baseball team. The ratio of the number of laps Kyle ran to the number of laps Taylor ran was 2 to 3. If Kyle ran 6 laps, h…

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Abdulhakim · Answer 1 · 2021-07-08T14:08:02+0000

Answer:

9 laps.

Explanation:

-Let x be the number of laps Taylor runs.

-Given that the ratio of Kyle to Taylor laps is 2:3, we express the actual laps in meters to solve for x as follows:

$(Kyle)/(Taylor)=(2)/(3)\\\\\therefore (2)/(3)=(6)/(x)\\\\2x=18\\\\x=9$

Hence, Taylor runs 9 laps.