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Monica read 7 1/2 pages of a mystery book and nine minutes. What is her average reading rate in pages per minute?

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To do this you simply do 7 1/2 pages divided by 9. This gives you an average of .83 (with the three repeating) pages per minute. This is 5/6 as a fraction.
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