Question

1. The handwritten rough draft of your book report is 4 pages long. Typing

at a steady rate of 20 words per minute, it takes you 48 minutes to enter

the report onto a computer. In typed form, the report is about 3 pages

long. How many words long is your report?

Answer 1

The report is 960 words long.

Explanation:

The handwritten book report is 4 pages long and the typed report is 3 pages long.

Now, it is given that typing at a steady rate of 20 words per minute, it takes 48 minutes to enter the report into soft copy.

So, the required number of words of the report is (20 × 48) = 960 words.

Hence, the report is 960 words long. (Answer)