SOLUTION: if lynn can type a page in p minutes what piece of the page can she do in 5 minutes?

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Question 408534: if lynn can type a page in p minutes what piece of the page can she do in 5 minutes?
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Hi

Let x represent the piece of the page she can do in 5 minutes

Question Sets Up the Proportion:

 +1%2Fp+=+x%2F5   |cross multiplying to solve for x

    x = 5/p, the piece of the page she can do in 5 minutes