Question

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

a.
$\frac{15}{12} minutes$
b. 60x=(75x350)pages

c. x= 437.5 minutes
=7 hr 17.5 minutes
=7 hr 18 min (round off)