It takes Benjamin 28 minutes to mow 2 lawns. Assuming the lawns are the same size and Benjamin works at the same speed, about how long will it take him to mow 5 lawns?
A 14 min
B 60 min
C 70 min
D 84 min
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To find out how long it will take Benjamin to mow 5 lawns, we need to use the given information. We know that Benjamin takes 28 minutes to mow 2 lawns.
To find out how long it takes him to mow 1 lawn, we can divide the total time by the number of lawns. So, 28 minutes / 2 lawns = 14 minutes per lawn.
If Benjamin takes 14 minutes to mow 1 lawn, we can multiply this time by 5 (the number of lawns we want to find the time for).
14 minutes * 5 lawns = 70 minutes
Therefore, the answer is option C: 70 minutes.
28 minutes : 2 lawns = x minutes : 5 lawns
x/5 = 28/2
solve for x