so 5 1/2 pages in 12 minutes rewrite as eleven/2 Make a proportion pages over minutes = pages over minutes in an hour, there are 60 minutes 11/2 / 12 = x / 60 cross multiply (11/2 * 60) = 12x 330 = 12x divide both sides by 12 27.5 = x
She will read 27.5 pages in an hour.
How many pages in 3 hours? that is 60 * 3 minutes 180 minutes Use the proportion of pages/minutes = pages/minutes plug in what you are given
11/2 / 12 = x / 180 Cross multiply (11/2 * 180) = 12x 990 = 12x divide both sides by 12 82.5 = x
She will read 82.5, or 82 1/2, pages in 3 hours (or 180 minutes ;) )