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Monica reads 7 1/2 pages of a mystery book in 9 minutes. What is her average reading rate in pages per minute?

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I believe you should divide the minutes by the amount of pages to get the average rate per minutes. 9/7.5
User Beez
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just divide the two:
7 1/2=15/2
15/2 /9=15/18, which simplifies to 5/6
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