have or has?

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Ten minutes have passed. Let's wait five more.

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Ten minutes has passed. Let's wait five more.
 
Either one.

When you think of a "chunk" of time, you can use the singular: Ten years is a long time. Fifteen minutes is long enough to wait.

(It's the same with distance or money: Two miles is too far to walk. A hundred pounds is not too high a price.)

In this case, though, it almost feels as though you are counting the minutes, so that the ten minutes are ten separate minutes, not a chunk of time.
 
thank you for your clear reply.
 
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