One of the greatest assets of a secretary is often his/her ability on the keyboard of a computer. Mrs. Garcia has been recognized as the Most Outstanding Typist at a prestigious firm because of her outstanding typing speed. The table below displays data collected from her most recent evaluation.
minutes 1 2 3 4
words 70 140 210 280
If Mrs. Garcia maintains a constant speed consistent with the results above, how many words will she type in 49 minutes
To find how many words Mrs. Garcia will type in 49 minutes, we can first calculate the average words typed per minute:
(280 words - 70 words) / (4 minutes - 1 minute) = 70 words/minute
Now, we can use this average typing speed to calculate the total number of words she will type in 49 minutes:
70 words/minute x 49 minutes = 3430 words
Therefore, if Mrs. Garcia maintains a constant speed consistent with the results above, she will type 3430 words in 49 minutes.