A human adult takes about 16 breaths in 60 seconds. A puppy takes about 8 breaths in about 15 seconds. Are these rates equivalent?

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Nathaly Barajas

Mathematics

7 August, 21:49

A human adult takes about 16 breaths in 60 seconds. A puppy takes about 8 breaths in about 15 seconds. Are these rates equivalent?

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Kipper · Answer 1

I solved this question by dividing 16 into 60 to figure out how many breaths an adult takes in 1 second, and then doing the same for the puppy.

16/60 =.2667

8/15 =.5333

Since these numbers are not the same, the rates are not equivalent.