Each large block of five small squares represent how many seconds on ECG paper?

0.05 seconds
0.04 seconds
0.2 seconds
0.1 seconds


0.2 seconds

Rationale: The distance across each small square is 0.04 seconds. The distance across one large square block is 0.2 seconds (five times greater since one large block contains five small squares). The distance across five large squares is equal to 1 second.

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