Question

Ben can type 2/5 of a page of an essay in 1/2 minute. How much time would

Answer 1

Answer:

ok so first i want to figure out what 2/5 converted to percent is......

you can find it out on a calculator or on paper by dividing 2 / 5 = 0.4

so this is 40% and if it takes him half a minute to do this, it takes him about 30 seconds to finish 40% of the essay and there is a full 60% still waiting to be done, so lets see,

40% + 40% = 80%

so that is about 1 full minute to write 80% we are still left with 20% so let's see how much time does it take to write 20% of the essay, in 40% it takes 30 seconds and in 80% it takes 60 seconds. So since 20% is half of 40% then we must divide the time in half so 30 / 2 = 15

So if we add all these numbers up it equals 1:15 minutes to write an essay

I hope this helps and please mark brainliest if i got it right!

Answer 2

Answer:

1.25 minutes, or 1 minute 15 seconds

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that is speed is 0.4 pages per 0.5 minutes. This is 0.8 pages per 1 minute. If we divide 1/0.8, we get 1.25 or 1 minute 15 seconds.