Question

Paul can type 60 words per minute and Jennifer can type 80 words per minute. How does Paul's typing speed compare to Jennifer's?

Answer 1

we have paul and jennifer typing speed as 60 words per minute and 80 words per minute.

here we have to identify how do we compare both of these quantities

we need to use ratios.let assume that paul typing speed is a and jennifer typing speed is b

so the ratio is a:b=a/b.

60:80=60/80=3:4.

Answer 2

WE can see :

speed of paul' speed = 60 words per minute

speed of jennifer = 80 word per minute

as jennifer is typing more words than paul we can say that jennifer's spped is greater than paul's sped .

Let us now compare them

we find the difference of their speed

speed of Jennifer - speed of Paul

80 - 60 = 20 word

so we can say Jennifer is 20 word per minute faster than Paul .