Question

joe is using his allowance money to download songs from the internet. he can download them at a rate of eight songs every 10 minutes. Jasmine, who is downloading songs with the money she made from her part time job, can download at a rate of 12 songs every 15 minutes. Who is downloading songs faster?

Answer 1

Joe: 8 songs in 10 minutes = 8/10 = 0.8 songs per minute

Jasmine: 12 songs in 15 minutes = 12/15 = 0.8 songs per minute

 they are downloading at the same speed