Preston read 28 pages in 2 hours and Bethany read 58 pages in 5 hours. Which of the following statements is true?

Preston's reading rate was less than one-third Bethany's reading rate.

Bethany 17 read at a rate of pages per hour.

Bethany read 3 pages per hour slower than Preston.

Bethany read at a rate of 1/17 pages per hour

Question

Preston read  28 pages in 2 hours and Bethany read  58 pages in 5 hours. Which of the following statements is true?

 Preston's reading rate was less than one-third Bethany's reading rate.

 Bethany 17 read at a rate of  pages per hour.

 Bethany read 3 pages per hour slower than Preston.

 Bethany read at a rate of  1/17 pages per hour

anonymous · Answer

bathany read at a rate of 17 pages per hour i meant **

anonymous · Answer

i found out that bethany read at a rate of 11.6 pages per hour, if you set up a proportion. You put the hours as numerator then pages as denominator.

anonymous · Answer

preston read 14 pgs per hour

anonymous · Answer

so which one would it turn out to be ?

anonymous · Answer

hmm idk im still working it out

anonymous · Answer

okay thanks . its a hard one ~

anonymous · Answer

im going w/ c, bethany read 3 pages per hour slower than preston

anonymous · Answer

b/c preston reads faster than bethany

anonymous · Answer

and the other choices don't make sense to me

anonymous · Answer

do you agree with me? im not so suree

anonymous · Answer

ill go with c then ,  thanks !

anonymous · Answer

you're welcome and hopefully im right :)