Question

HELP ME!!! It takes Julie 75 minutes to read 60 pages. a) How many pages can Julie read per minute. Leave the answer as a fraction. b) Julie's book 350 pages long. Set up a proportion to find out how long will it take her to read the entire book. c) Solve the proportion. Leave answer in terms of hours and minutes.

Answer 1

It is 345 divide the pages by time then multiply by 350

Answer 2

You can find the unit rate of pages per minute by dividing the pages read amongst the time spent. 60/75 is .8 pages per minute.

If Julie's book is 350 pages long, then you can set up the proportion
60 350
75 x

If you solve this proportion, you get 437.5 minutes, or 7 hours and 17 minutes, and 30 seconds.