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5 Bruce is a very fast reader. He can readabout 40 pages in an hour. About howlong will it take him to read a 140-pagebook?

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3 hours and 30 minutes

1) Let's assume that the speed that Bruce reads is constant. So we can write the following proportion:


\begin{gathered} 1h----40 \\ x----140 \end{gathered}

2) From that we can write out the following ratios and then cross multiply them:


\begin{gathered} (1)/(x)=(40)/(140) \\ 40x=140 \\ (40x)/(40)=(140)/(40) \\ x=(7)/(2)=3.5 \end{gathered}

Hence, it will take him 3 hours and 30 minutes

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