Question

Gwen can read 2 7/9 pages of a book in a minute. If she read 4 5/6 minutes, how much would she have read?

Answer 1

The rate of reading has been given as

`\begin{gathered} 2(7)/(9)\text{ pages =1minute} \\ \text{If 1 minute is 2}(7)/(9),\text{ then it means any amount of time greater than 1 minute would simply be } \\ \text{Number of pages per minute times the number of minutes given} \\ \text{That is, 2 minutes would be 2}(7)/(9)*2.\text{ And so on}\ldots \\ \text{Therefore, 4}(5)/(6)\min utes\text{ would be;} \\ 4(5)/(6)\min =2(7)/(9)*4(5)/(6)pages \\ 4(5)/(6)\min =(25)/(9)*(29)/(6)\text{pages} \\ 4(5)/(6)\min =(725)/(54)pages \\ 4(5)/(6)\min =13(23)/(54)pages \\ \end{gathered}`

The results shows that she would read 13 23/54 pages in the time given