Jeff typed a 5-page report with 600 words per page. If he started typing at 8:15 a.m. and typed at an average rate of 40 words per minute, at what time did Jeff finish typing his 5-page report?

Answer 1

Hi.

If Jeff is types 5 pages at 600 words per page, then he types 3,000 words (5 x 600).

The rate of typing can be written like an equation:

rate = words / time

Here we know the rate (40 wpm) and the number of words (3,000), but we don't know the time it took.

So let's manipulate our equation:

time = words / rate

time = 3000 / 40 = 75 minutes (remember the rate here is expressed in words per minute)

So, if Jeff started typing at 8:15 am, he'd finish at 9:30 am.