Paul read 20 pages of a book in 15 minutes.
(a) What is Paul’s reading rate of pages per minute?
(b) If he continues to read at the same rate, how many pages will he read in 1 hour?
rate: 20pages/15min= 1.333 pages/min
howmanypagesin1hr?=rate*60min
To find Paul's reading rate of pages per minute, we can divide the number of pages he read (20) by the number of minutes it took him to read those pages (15).
(a) Paul's reading rate = Number of pages read / Time taken
Reading rate = 20 pages / 15 minutes
Reading rate = 4/3 pages per minute
So, Paul's reading rate is 4/3 pages per minute.
To find how many pages Paul will read in 1 hour (60 minutes), we can multiply his reading rate (4/3 pages per minute) by the number of minutes in 1 hour (60 minutes).
(b) Pages read in 1 hour = Reading rate * Time in hours
Pages read in 1 hour = (4/3 pages per minute) * 60 minutes
Pages read in 1 hour = (4/3) * 60 pages
Pages read in 1 hour = 80 pages
So, if Paul continues to read at the same rate, he will read 80 pages in 1 hour.