Question

Phillipa types at a rate of 50 wpm.
A. How long would it take her to type a 500 word essay at this rate?
B. How much longer would it take Kurt to type this essay if he types at 35 wpm?

Answer 1

Easy , total words = rate * time

use this equation and tell me ur answer

Answer 2

isolate the unknown ( time) by taking rate to the other side :D

Answer 3

50 * 500 = 2500?

Answer 4

no , 50 is rate and 500 is total words , time = total words/rate

Answer 5

But what about b?

Answer 6

use same equation to find kurt's time , then find the difference

Answer 7

Why difference?

Answer 8

4 minutes 29 seconds

Answer 9

29 thousandths of a second

Answer 10

no u dont put it like that , kurt's time is 14 minutes and 10/35 , to convert to seconds , do 10/35 * 60

Answer 11

but i subtracted their times

Answer 12

yes but the seconds are wrong , 1min = 60seconds ,
according to what u did , 1min = 100 sec

Answer 13

How do you convert? @JOELMATHEWS1234

Answer 14

that's what i said , 500/35 = 14minutes and 10 / 35 minutes
To convert 10/35 to seconds , multiply is by 60

Answer 15

How did this ratio derive?

Answer 16

500 / 35 , remainder is 10 , so put it in mixed fraction

Answer 17

For A.
Given: r = 50wpm
total words = 500
Required: t
\[Words _{total} = rt\]
Therefore,
\[t = Words _{total}/r\]
t = 500words/50wpm
t = 10 minutes

Answer 18

For b
Given: \[r _{2} = 35wpm\]
total words = 500
Required: \[t _{2} - t _{1}\]
Using the formula we used above,
\[t _{2} = 500/35\]
\[t _{2} = 14.28 minutes.\]
\[t _{2} - t _{1} = 14.28 - 10 = 4.28 minutes\]