Which of the following is the most appropriate unit to describe the rate at which a person reads?

A) Minutes per word, because the independent quantity is the minutes
B) Minutes per word, because the independent quantity is the words
C) Words per minute, because the independent quantity is the minutes
D) Words per minute, because the independent quantity is the words

Question

Which of the following is the most appropriate unit to describe the rate at which a person reads?

A) Minutes per word, because the independent quantity is the minutes
B)  Minutes per word, because the independent quantity is the words
 C) Words per minute, because the independent quantity is the minutes
D)  Words per minute, because the independent quantity is the words

faiqraees · Answer

What is the quantity which we can measure most accurately? Words or minutes?

anonymous · Answer

words

faiqraees · Answer

right so which means it should be words/minute right?

anonymous · Answer

idk

littlemisshermione · Answer

It would be words/minute because I mean, it just makes sense, do you read one word every two minutes?? The independent quantity would be the minutes, because minutes is time... I think. Hope that helps!

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littlemisshermione · Answer

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