A lion's heart beats 12 times in 16 seconds. How many heartbeats will it have in 60 seconds

naturally, (60/16) * 12

To find out how many heartbeats a lion will have in 60 seconds, we can set up a proportion using the given information.

Let's first determine the ratio of heartbeats to time:

12 heartbeats / 16 seconds

Next, we can use this ratio to determine how many heartbeats the lion will have in 60 seconds.

Let x be the number of heartbeats in 60 seconds.

We set up the proportion:
12/16 = x/60

To solve for x, we cross-multiply and solve for x:

16x = 12 * 60
16x = 720
x = 720 / 16
x = 45

Therefore, a lion will have approximately 45 heartbeats in 60 seconds.