Question

6. Seema reads 3 by 1 /2 pages of a book in one hour. How many pages will she read
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Answer 1

➲CORRECT QUESTION :

• Seema reads $\sf{3 \dfrac{1}{2}}$ pages of a book in one hour. How many pages will she read in $\sf{2 \dfrac{1}{4}}$ hours?

☯GIVEN :

• Number of pages read by Seema in 1 hour = $\bf{3 \dfrac{1}{2}}$ pages.

☯TO FIND :

• Number of pages read by Seema in $\bf{2 \dfrac{1}{4}}$ hours.

➲SOLUTION :

✞Using Unitary Method :

Number of pages read by Seema in 1 hour = $\sf{\dfrac{7}{2}}$ pages.

Number of pages read by Seema in $\sf{\dfrac{9}{4}}$ hours :

$\dashrightarrow{ \sf{ \dfrac{7}{2} \times \dfrac{9}{4} }}$

$\dashrightarrow{ \sf{ \frac{7 \times 9}{2 \times 4} }}$

$\dashrightarrow{ \sf{ \dfrac{ 63}{8} }}$

$\dashrightarrow{\underline{\boxed{\purple{ \bf{7 \frac{7}{8} }}}}}$

$\huge{\green {\therefore}}$ Number of pages read by Seema in $\bf{2 \dfrac{1}{4}}$ hours = $\bf{7 \dfrac{7}{8}}$ pages.