Jeremy is reading a 60-page book. He read the first 20 pages in 30 minutes. If Jeremy continues to read a the same rate, how lon

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g will it take him to finish the book?

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Alex73 [517] · Answer 1 · 2023-06-05T04:31:45+03:00

It will take total 90 minutes to finish the book and 60 minutes to read the left 40 pages.

<h3>What is Ratio and Proportion ?</h3>

When two numbers can be written as p/q is called a Ratio , and when two ratios are equal they are said to be in proportion .

It is given that

Jeremy is reading a 60-page book.

The time taken to read 20 pages is 30 minutes

Then it can be written as 20:30 = 2:3

The rate of reading is same so To read the rest 40 pages is given by

40:x

40: x = 2:3

40*3/2 = x

x = 60 minutes

Therefore it will take total 90 minutes to finish the book and 60 minutes to read the left 40 pages.

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