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Daniel can read 8 pages in 5 minutes. At this rate ,how long will it take him to read an entire 264 page book.

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5 min = 300 seconds (60 x 5)
300 / 8 = 37.5 (seconds to read a page)
37.5 x 264 = 9900 seconds
9900 / 60 = 165 (hours to read the book)
165 / 24 = 6.875 days
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