Question

Ingrid types 3 pages in the same amount of time that Tanya types 4.5 pages. Write a proportion that could be used to find the number of pages Tanya will have typed when Ingrid has typed 11 pages, if they start typing at the same time. Use x to represent the number of pages Tanya has typed.

Answer 1

Answer:

16.5 pages

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of pages Ingrid types = 3

Number of pages Tanya types = 4.5

The proportion to find how many pages Tanya would have typed (x), if Ingrid typed 11 pages would be as follows:

3 : 4.5 = 11 : x

Thus:

$\frac{3}{4.5} = \frac{11}{x}$

Cross multiply

$3*x = 11*4.5$

$3x = 49.5$

Divide both sides by 3

x = 16.5 pages