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Jose can read 7 pages of his book in
5 minutes. At this rate, how long will it
take him to read the entire 175-page
book?
While exercising, Julie found that her
heart was beating 12 times every 5
seconds. How many times was it

Answer 1

Jose can read 7 pages in 5 minutes. To find out how long it will take him to read a 175-page book, we set up a proportion and solve for x. It will take him 125 minutes.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how long it will take Jose to read the entire 175-page book, we can set up a proportion. Since he can read 7 pages in 5 minutes, we can say that 7 pages is to 5 minutes as 175 pages is to x minutes. We can cross-multiply and solve for x:

7/5 = 175/x

7x = 5 * 175

7x = 875

x = 125

Therefore, it will take Jose 125 minutes to read the entire 175-page book.

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