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Monica reads 7and1/2 pages of a mystery book in 9 minutes. What is an her average reading rate in pages per minute

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It equals to about 0.83 pages per minute because in this specific problem the pages is at the bottom of the proportion (i.e. 7.5/9) and if you punch that into your calculator you get 5/6 or 0.83.

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