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Jalen reads at a rate of 250 words per minutes. The novel he is reading has an average of 300 words per page. How long should Jalen expect it to take him to read a 15-page chapter?

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Answer:

18 minutes

Explanation:

1. 300 * 15 = 4500 (How many words in total)

2. 4500/250 = 18 (Number of words divided by speed of his reading)

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