SOLUTION: it takes thiannon 30 minutes to type three-fourths of a page of her term paper. at this rate, how long will it take to type a 6-page paper?

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Question 387049: it takes thiannon 30 minutes to type three-fourths of a page of her term paper. at this rate, how long will it take to type a 6-page paper?
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Hi,         

Let x represent time it will take to type a 6-page paper

Question Sets Up the Proportion

  30min/.75 page = x/6 pages

Cross Multiply to solve for x

 .75x = 6*30min

    x = 6*30min/.75

    x = 240min or 4 hrs



CHECKING our Answer

   30/.75 = 40 =  240/6 = 40