document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1012291>Question 1012291</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Samuel reads one and a half times as fast as Benjamin. If Samuel can read 36 pages in 50 minutes, how long will it take Benjamin to complete a 120 page book? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #628180 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=628180\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> samuel can read 36 pages in 50 minutes.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since rate * time = quantity of work produced, the formula for samuel becomes:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "rate * 50 = 36\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve for rate to get rate = 36/50.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that's samuel's rate.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "samuel's rate is 1.5 times benjamin's rate.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this means that 36/50 = 1.5 * benjamin's rate.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve for benjamin's rate to get benjamin's rate = (36/50) / 1.5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify to get benjamin's rate is equal to 24/50 pages per minute.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "we'll use the formula of rate * time = quantity to figure out how long it will take benjamin to read 120 pages.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "quantity = 120 pages<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 24/50 pages per minute\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "rate * time = quantity becomes 24/50 * time = 120.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve for time to get time = 120 / (24/50) which makes time = 250 minutes.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "it will take benjamin 250 minutes to read 120 pages.\r<BR>\n" );
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