Question

Henry is an avid reader. He devours 90 pages in half-an-hour. How many pages has Henry read per minute. Write as an equation

Answer 1

Henry has read per minute 3 pages.

Explanation:

Given:

Henry is an avid reader. He devours 90 pages in half-an-hour.

Now, to find pages Henry has read per minute.

Let the number of pages Henry has read per minute be
`x.`

Number of pages he devours in half-an-hour = 90 pages.

So, as half an hour is 30 minutes.

Thus, number of pages he devours in 30 minutes = 90 pages.

Now, to get the pages he has read per minute:

According to question:

`30x=90`

Dividing both sides by 30 we get:

`x=3.`

Therefore, Henry has read per minute 3 pages.