SOLUTION: solve this proportion ; In the typing world, 80 words per minute is considered acceptable. How many words per 30 minutes is this?

Question 542324: solve this proportion ; In the typing world, 80 words per minute is considered acceptable. How many words per 30 minutes is this?
Answer by neatmath(302) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

We just need to convert the words into a proportion (or equation).

For every 1 minute you type, you type 80 words.

For ever 30 minutes you type, you type x words.

In simpler terms, 80 is to 1 as x is to 30.

Then set up the proportion:

Then cross multiply:

So the answer is 2400 words.

Which we also could have gotten by simply multiplying 80 times 30. ;)

I hope this helps!

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