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different amounts of time. A Pa Patricia can than George Minutes Words 5 375 B George can 7 525 than Patricia 11 825 C Patricia can than George D George can than Patricia K Back Pause I Next

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To solve the exercise, you can first know how many words per minute George and Patricia can type.

*For George, you can replace x = 1 in the equation given


\begin{gathered} y=40x \\ y=40\cdot1 \\ y=40 \end{gathered}

Then, George can type 40 words per minute.

*For Patricia, you can apply the ratio with any of the rows given in the table


\begin{gathered} \frac{375\text{ words}}{5\min}=\frac{x\text{ words}}{1\text{ min}} \\ 1\min \cdot\frac{375\text{ words}}{5\min}=\frac{x\text{ words}}{1\text{ min}}\cdot1\min \\ 75\text{ words = x} \end{gathered}

Then, Patricia can type 75 words per minute.

Now, you have


\begin{gathered} \text{Words that Patricia can type - words that George can type} \\ 75-40=35 \end{gathered}

Therefore, the correct answer is A. because Patricia can type 35 more words per minute than George.

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