Question

Jaime wants to know how fast she can type, so she times herself as she types a paper. The paper has 420 words in it, and Jaime types it in 10 minutes. What is her typing rate, in words per minute?

Answer 1

Jaime writes a total number of 420 words within the time interval of 10 minutes, which gives the typing rate of 42 words per minute. We can get the value by dividing the amount of words written by the total time taken.