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Jimmy is writing a paper for one of his classes. The paper has to be 3,000 words long, and so far he has written 666 words. If he

only has 6 more days to write his paper and wants to write the same number of words each day, then how many words must he write per day to finish the paper?
A. 425
B. 389
C. 2,334
D. 889

User MFARID
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Words left= (3000-666) words= 2334 words
6 days = 2334 words
1 day = 1 * 2334/6 = 389 words
Therefore the answer is B
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