SOLUTION: Hope was reading a fantasy novel. She read 54 pages in 3 hours. At this rate, how many pages can she read in 40 minutes?

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Question 753965: Hope was reading a fantasy novel. She read 54 pages in 3 hours. At this rate, how many pages can she read in 40 minutes?
Answer by Cromlix(4381)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hope can read 54 pages in 180 mins (3 hours).
So she can read 54/180 pages in 1 minute
= 0.3 pages in 1 minute
In 40 minutes she can read 40 * 0.3 pages
= 12 pages

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