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If Jake can type approximately 25 words per minute, how long will it take him to type a 1,000 word paper

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It'll take Jake 40 minutes to type the 1,000 word paper.

Step-by-step explanation

Working at that same speed, let the number of minutes it will take Jake to type 1,000 word paper be x minutes.

25 words = 1 minute

1,000 words = x minutes

We can write a mathematical relationship for this by cross mutiplying

(25) (x) = (1,000) (1)

25x = 1,000

Divide both sides by 25

(25x/25) = (1,000/25)

x = 40 minutes

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