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Ms. Graves gave her class 12 minutes to read. Carrie read 5 1/2 pages in that time. at what rate, in n pages per hour, did Carrie read?

Ms. Graves gave her class 12 minutes to read. Carrie read 5 1/2 pages in that time. at what rate, in n pages per hour, did Carrie read?
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Ms. Graves gave her class 12 minutes to read. Carrie read 5 1/2 pages in that time. at what rate, in n pages per hour, did Carrie read?

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60 minutes (1 hour) ÷ 12 minutes = 5

So doing 5 1/2 × 5 will give you the amount of pages Carrie read in n pages per hour.

(5 1/2 × 5 = 27.5 pages per hour.)
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