Question

You read 9.75 pages in your science book and 24.5 pages of a play for English class. It takes you 1.2 minutes to read each page of science and 0.8 of a minute to read each page of the play. How much time do you spend reading?

CLEAR

Answer 1

The time spent for reading is 31.3 minutes

Solution:

You read 9.75 pages in your science book and 24.5 pages of a play for English class

Therefore,

Number of pages read in science = 9.75

Number of pages read in play = 24.5

Also given that,

Time taken to read each page of science = 1.2 minutes

Time taken to read each page of play = 0.8 minute

To find: Time spent for reading

Time spent for reading = Number of pages read in science x Time taken to read each page of science + Number of pages read in play x Time taken to read each page of play

`Time\ spent\ for\ reading = (9.75 * 1.2) + (24.5 * 0.8)\\\\Time\ spent\ for\ reading = 11.7 + 19.6\\\\Time\ spent\ for\ reading = 31.3`

Thus time spent for reading is 31.3 minutes