John read 48 pages in 1 3/4 hours. At that rate, how long would it take home to read 120 pages?

Question

John can read 48 pages in 1 3/4 pages, at that rate how long would it take him to read 120 pages?

Answer 1

Hey Ronnie,

 

Consider an example with car travel. To find the rate of car travel, take the distance traveled and divide by the time it took. For example, let's say we traveled 30 miles in 2 hours:

 

(1)

 

distance = 30 miles

time = 2 hours

rate = distance / time = (30 miles) / 2 (hours) = 15 miles/hour

 

If I then ask you, how long would it take to travel 45 miles, you would divide by the rate we found in step 1. For example,

 

(2)

 

45 miles ÷ 15 miles/hour = 3 hours

 

Now try the same approach with this problem. Good luck!