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QUICK MATH QUESTION PLEASE HELp AS SOON AS POSSIBLE?

The literature teacher says that the faster you are able to read, the less time you will need to read a book. Maria can read 200 words a minute, and she took 14 hours to read a book that she checked out from the library. Linda can read 160 words per minute. How long will she need her to read the same book?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    difference between words in a minute

    200- 160 = 40

    difference multiplied by 60 to make it difference in hours

    40 * 60 = 2400

    difference in hours multiplied by 14 to see the total

    14 * 2400 = 33600

    divide by 160

    = 210

    divide by 60

    = 3.5

    14 + 3.5

    =17.5 hours

  • 1 decade ago

    If Maria reads 200 words per minute then there are 14 hrs * 60 min/hr * 200 words/min = 168,000 words in the book.

    If Linda can read 160 words per minute then she will need 168,000 words/160 word per min = 1050 minutes to read the book which is 17 1/2 hours.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    If Maria can read 200 words a minute she can read 12000 an hour and over 14 hours will read 168000 words

    Linda can read 160 a minute which is 9600 an hour. In total she will need 168000/9600 hours to read the book, Linda will need 17.5 hours

  • 1 decade ago

    5min=1,000 words

    10min= 2,000 words

    20min=4,000 words

    40min= 8,000 words

    50min= 10,000 words

    1hr= 12,000 x 14 = 168000 words

    5min = 800

    10min= 1600

    20min= 3,200

    40min= 6,400

    50min= 8,000

    1hr= 9,600

    therefore itll take 17.5 hrs for linda to finish the book.

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  • 17.5 hours

    200words/minute x 60min/hour x 14 hours= 168,000 words total in the book

    168,000 words / 60 min/hour / 160 words/min= 17.5 hours

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