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Peter is typing an essay for his science class. The essay needs to be 3,200 words long. Peter can type 15 words per minute. If Peter has 500 words typed so far, how many hours will it take for Peter to finish typing the essay? (it says the answer needs to be a whole number)

User DavidGouge
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Answer:

3 hours

Explanation:

3200 - 500= 2700 <----words he need to type

2700 : 15= 180<-------minutes

180= 3 hours

User Ashish Markanday
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3 hours. I hope that’s right!
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