SOLUTION: It takes Mia 5 hours, reading at a constant rate, to read a certain book containing 200 pages of reading material. If Samantha reads at twice this rate, how many minutes would it t

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Question 335368: It takes Mia 5 hours, reading at a constant rate, to read a certain book containing 200 pages of reading material. If Samantha reads at twice this rate, how many minutes would it take her to read a book containing 100 pages of reading material?
(A) 75 (B) 85 (C) 90 (D) 120 (E) 150

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Sam reads at twice Mia's rate so she can read 400 pages in 5 hours.
It would take Sam 5/4 hours to read 100 pages.
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A) is the correct answer.

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