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Question

Jimmy is writing a paper for one of his classes. The paper has to be 3,000 words long, and so far he has written 786 words. If he only has 6 more days to write his paper and wants to write the same number of words each day, then how many words must he write per day to finish the paper?

Answer 1

Hey Khloe,

The easiest way to think about this problem is to translate the problem into an equation. The total number of words in the paper has to be 3000 and Jimmy has already written 786 words.

3000-786 = 2214

So Jimmy still has to write 2214 words. He has 6 days to write the paper and he wants to write the same number of words per day. With this in mind to find out how many words he has to write per day we can divide 2214 by 6.

2214/6 = 369 words

So Jimmy has to write 369 words per day for the next 6 days to finish the paper. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

Answer 2

Jimmy have 3000 minus 786 equals 2214 words remaining. Divide 2214 words by 6 days, which equals 369 words per day.