Tamara can proofread 16 pages in 8 minutes. How many minutes will it take her to proofread 108 pages | MathCelebrity Forum

Tamara can proofread 16 pages in 8 minutes. How many minutes will it take her to proofread 108 pages

math_celebrity

Administrator
Staff member
Tamara can proofread 16 pages in 8 minutes. How many minutes will it take her to proofread 108 pages

Set up a proportion of pages to minutes:

16 pages/8 minutes = 108 pages / p minutes

We want to solve for p.

Type 16/8 = 108/p into the search engine.
We get p = 54 minutes
 
Back
Top