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Nyla writes 1/4 of a page and 1/8 of a minute. how much time does it take her to write a full page ? answer

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For this case we can make the following rule of three:
1/4 --------> 1/8
1 ----------> x
From here, we clear the value of x.
We have then:
x = (1 / (1/4)) * (1/8)
Rewriting:
x = 4 * (1/8)
x = 4/8
x = 1/2 minutes
Answer:
it takes her 1/2 minutes to write a full page
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