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Jack reads a total of 5 books in 3 1/2 weeks.

If Jack reads at the same rate, how many weeks will it take him to read 20 books?

Question 20 options:

4


8 1/2


14


17 1/2

Answer 1

Set up a proportion for both equations:

$\frac{5}{3.5} = \frac{20}{x}$

The numerator represents the amount of books Jack reads, and the denominator represents the weeks it takes for Jack to read the books.

Cross multiply both fractions.

$5x = 70$

Divide both sides by 5 to get x by itself.

$x = 14$

Jack will take 14 weeks to read 20 books.

Answer 2

Your answer would be 14
 
20 divided by 5 equals 4
4 times 3=12
4 times 1/2=2
12+2=14