John ran a race in 36 minutes. If each lap takes 9 minutes to run, write and solve an equation to find out how many laps John had to run.

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Answer:

4 laps

Step-by-step explanation:

Solved using a proportion.

[tex]\frac{1}{9} = \frac{y}{36}[/tex]

9 × y = 1 × 36

9y = 36

9y ÷ 9 = 36 ÷ 9

y = 4