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CAN I GET HELP PLEASE!

CAN I GET HELP PLEASE!-example-1
User Radmation
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Answer:

0.30 of a book / hour or 3/10 of a book per hour.

Explanation:

Usually I tell people to put the numbers into decimals. Unfortunately for this question, it won't work. So we have any choice but to do it with fractions.

r = amount / time

amount = 1/4

time = 5/6

r =
((1)/(4) )/((5)/(6) )

Invert the denominator and multiply

r =
(1)/(4) * (6)/(5)

r = 6 * 1 / (5*4) = 6/20 = 3/10

The answer is 3/10 of a book per hour

5/6 of an hour is almost an hour.

1/4 of a book is 0.25 of a book.

3/10 of a book is 0.30 of a book. So it looks like it is just about right.

User Lubo Antonov
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