document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=235600>Question 235600</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me solve this word problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Maria can write a paper an average of 4 pages during a 90 min. class period. At this rate,how many hours will it take her to write 16 pages?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "create the proportion then solve.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " This is what I  did: 4/90=16/x, then i multiplied them and then i divided the number I got to 4. I got:x=360. But my teacher got x=6... Please tell me how she got that.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #173487 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rfer><B>rfer(16322)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rfer><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=173487\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> your answer is in minutes and her answer is in hours, they equal<BR>\n" );
document.write( "just convert your answer to hrs. </SPAN>\n" );
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