document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=27596>Question 27596</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If Lynn can type a page in p minutes, what piece of the page can she do in 5 minutes?  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so the ratio would be 1:p = ?:5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that's where I go fuzzy. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "for e.g. if p = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then Lynn takes 10minutes to type 1 page<BR>\n" );
document.write( "which means that in 5 minutes i.e. half the time she will type half the page<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or 5/10 of the page<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now if in place of 10 i had p<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then she would type 5/p of the page :-)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you've gotten till 1:p = ?:5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then Remember \"Product of Means = Product of Extremes\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or P*? = 1*5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Dividing by P on both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "? = (1*5)/P   Which is what we've got as above!!! :-) </SPAN>\n" );
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