Question

A book has an average of 300 words per page. if you read one page in 68 seconds, what is your reading rate in words per minute? in pages per hour? show work

i need an answer before tomorrow which is 10/17 so preferably today!

Answer 1

Okay, here is how i got my answer. i divided 300 by 1.08 because 68 seconds translates to 1 minute and 8 seconds. I got 277.77 repeated but you can round it to 278. This is a rate so you might wanna write it like this: 277/minute

Answer 2

260.71 words per minute and 52.142 pages per hour.

Explanation:

A book has an average of 300 words per page.

you read one page in 68 seconds.

So, you read per second =
`(300)/(68)` words

you read per minute =
`(300)/(68)` × 60

= 260.705882 ≈ 260.71 words/minute.

As we know 1 minute = 60 seconds

and 1 hour = 60 minutes

∵ in one minute 260.71 words

∴ in one hour = 260.71 × 60 = 15,642.6 words.

One page has 300 words

∴ 15,642.6 words =
`(15642.6)/(300)`

= 52.142 pages/hour.

Your reading rate 260.71 words per minute and 52.142 pages per hour.