Nancy's report is 12 pages long, and she has typed 0.7 of it. Bruce's report is 9 pages long, and he has typed 0.8 of it. Who has typed more? Why?

Question

I don't know/understand who typed more and why

Answer 1

Nancy typed 0.7*12 = 8.4 pages

Bruce typed 9*0.8 - 7.2 pages

Thuse Nancy typed more of her report.

 

Answer 2

To find out who typed more, we need to find out how much they typed for only 1 page.  We can use he ratio

 

Typed / number of pages

 

 

Nancy

 

(0.7 / 12 pages) = 0.0583 typed per page

 

 

Bruce

 

(0.8 / 9 pages) = 0.888 typed per page

 

 

Bruce typed more for one page than Nancy did.