If the duration of one pulse cycle is 0.5 seconds, what is the heart rate in beats per minute?

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If the duration of one pulse cycle is 0.5 seconds, what is the heart rate in beats per minute?
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Pulse or pulse rate is the number of times heart beats in a minute 

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