SOLUTION: If stephie can type 75 words per minute, how long will it take her to type an 800 word term paper? Is the solution a rate or ratio? Explain your answer

SOLUTION: If stephie can type 75 words per minute, how long will it take her to type an 800 word term paper? Is the solution a rate or ratio? Explain your answer

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Question 837631: If stephie can type 75 words per minute, how long will it take her to type an 800 word term paper? Is the solution a rate or ratio? Explain your answer
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
75 words/min = 800 words/x min, cross multiply to get x = 10 2/3 min.

It is a simple rate problem, but the solution uses a ratio.
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