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Jayda takes 5 hours to deliver 400 newspapers on her paper route. What is the rate per hour at which she delivers the newspapers?

User Jonthan
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Answer:

80 newspapers per hour

Explanation:

Find out how many newspapers she delivers in one hour.

Do this by dividing how many newspapers she delivered on her route by the total amount of time: Total papers/total hours.

Then substitute: 400/5

This leads to the answer: 400/5=80

User Patrick Mascari
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Answer: 80 papers an hour

Explanation:

100/5=20

80*5 is 80

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