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The average response time to an incident is 7 minutes and 30 seconds. Express this time in minutes as a decimal.
30 seconds is half of a minute, so 30 seconds = 0.5 minutes. Add this to the 7 minutes: 7 + 0.5 = 7.5 minutes.
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Question: The average response time to an incident is 7 minutes and 30 seconds. Express this time in minutes as a decimal.
Answer options:
- 7.3 minutes ✅ 7.5 minutes
- 7.25 minutes
- 7.4 minutes
Correct answer: 7.5 minutes
Explanation: 30 seconds is half of a minute, so 30 seconds = 0.5 minutes. Add this to the 7 minutes: 7 + 0.5 = 7.5 minutes.
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