Question

Jerold reads at a rate of 3 pages in 2 minutes. He as a 2427 page novel to read and a 906 page mystery book to read. How long will it take him to read his novel? HELP ME PLZZZ

Answer 1

Answer:

1618 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

Jerold reads at a rate of 3 pages in 2 minutes. He as a 2427 page novel to read and a 906 page mystery book to read. How long will it take him to read his novel?

From the question above, the number of pages for his novel = 2427 pages

His reading rate =

3 pages = 2 minutes

Hence:

3 pages = 2 minutes

2427 pages = x minutes

Cross Multiply

3 pages × x = 2427pages × 2 minutes

x = 2427pages × 2 minutes/3 pages

x = 1618 minutes

It would take him 1618 minutes to read his 2427 paged novel