I read 2/3 of a book in 3 1/2 days. At this rate, how long will it take me to read the entire book

Answer 1

Since 1/3 is half of 2/3 and you read 2/3 of a book in 3 1/2 days, we can divide 3 1/2 by 2 to determine how long it would take to read 1/3 of the book:

(Recall that 3 1/2 = 7/2).

3 1/2 divided by 2 = 7/2 /2 = 7/4

Therefore, to read 1/3 of the book , it takes 7/4 days.

Since a whole book is equal to 3/3 , we can multiply the time it takes to read 1/3 by 3 to find the time to read the whole book:

7/4 * 3/1 = 21/4 or 5 1/4 days