Question

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Jolie can read around 14 sentences per minute of her current novel. She wants to finish her reading before the movie comes out next week. If she has 17 pages left to read and each page has about 120 sentences, how many hours should Jolie set aside to complete her reading?

Answer 1

So, 14 sentences per minute = 840 sentences per hour (60 minutes in an hour, 14(60)=840)

If 17 pages have 120 sentences on each page, we can conclude that there are a total of 2040 sentences that remain (17x120=2040)

If Jolie can read 840 sentences per hour, we can divide 2040/840 (total # of sentences left divided by sentences per hour)

2040/840 = 2.43 hours.