How do you plan your time

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How do you plan your time?
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The Train Ride
Created by Holden
Tom wants to take the new train from Chicago to
New York, a distance of 790 miles.
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Statement of Problem
The New train---
790 miles
--- is 1.5 times faster than the old one that
could travel at 120 mph.
How long will it take Tom to get to New York on
the new train?
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Set-up for Solving

• The new train is 1.5 times faster than the old
  one that could travel at 120 mph. So--
• Then use a proportion
• 180 mi. 790 mi.
• 1 hr. N hr.

Old train 120 mph

New train 1.5 x 120 180mph
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Solution
180 miles 790 miles 1 hour N
hours 1(790) 180 N 790/180 N N
4.389 hrs or 4 hrs, 23 minutes

.389 x 60 min 23.348 min
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Homework Problem
Benny has a term paper due tomorrow and it still
needs to be typed. He can type 40 words per
minute and the term paper is 3600 words long. His
friend Delilah types 2.5 times as fast as Benny.
How long would it take Delilah to type the paper?
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Homework Problem
Benny has a term paper due tomorrow and it still
needs to be typed. He can type 40 words per
minute and the term paper is 3600 words long. His
friend Delilah types 2.5 times as fast as Benny.
How long would it take Delilah to type the paper?
100 words 3600 words 1 minute N
minutes 100 N 3600 N 3600/100 36
minutes

40 wpm
40 x 2.5 100 wpm