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Michael wrote a total of 6 persuasive paragraphs over 3 hours. How many hours will Michael have to spend writing this week in order to have written a total of 16 persuasive paragraphs?

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To simplify this, let's divide them by 3 to get 1hr
3/3=1
6/3=2
2 paragraphs every hour, now, 16/2=8 so
8*2 and 8*1
it'll take 8 hrs to write 16 paragraphs
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I would take Michael 8 hours to write 16 persuasive essays.
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