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Sophie can type 128 words in 3 minutes. how many minutes will it take her to type 576 word?

User Zfou
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13 minutes and 30 seconds
User Havel
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Okay so first you would divide 128 by 576.

576/128 = 4.5

But since it takes her 3 minutes just to type 128 words you have to multiply 4.5 times 3.

4.5 * 3 = 13.5

It will take her 13.5 minutes to type 576 words or 13 minutes and 30 seconds. I hope this helps!

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