Question

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

Answer 1

`(7.5)/(9) = (n)/(1)`

or in other words divide 7.5 by 9 to get your answer which is .83333.. which is the same as 5/6 of a page per minute.

Check
5/6 + 5/6 + 5/6 + 5/6 + 5/6 +5/6 +5/6 +5/6 +5/6 + 45/6 or 7 3/6 = 7 1/2

Answer 2

Monica can read
`(5)/(6)` pages per minute.

Explanation:

Monica reads 7 1/2 pages of a book in 9 minutes.

Or Monica reads
`(15)/(2)` pages of a book in 9 minutes.

So, per minute she can read
`((15)/(2))/(9)` pages

=
`(15)/(2)*(1)/(9) =(5)/(6)` pages

Hence, Monica can read
`(5)/(6)` pages per minute.