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Jessica can text 85 words per minute, while Maurice can text 10 words
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Jessica can text 85 words per minute, while Maurice can text 10 words per minute. An abridged English translation of Tolstoy’s War and Peace contains 410,400 words. Working together, how many days will it take Jessica and Maurice to text the entire abridged translation of War and Peace?
A. 0.3
B. 1.3
C. 3
D. 9
E. 11.3
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Question part of the project GRE Quantitative Reasoning Daily Challenge - (2021) EDITION
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A. 0.3
B. 1.3
C. 3
D. 9
E. 11.3
Kudos for the right answer and explanation
Question part of the project GRE Quantitative Reasoning Daily Challenge - (2021) EDITION
GRE - Math Book
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Re: Jessica can text 85 words per minute, while Maurice can text 10 words
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Jessica can text 85 words per minute, while Maurice can text 10 words per minute. An abridged English translation of Tolstoy’s War and Peace contains 410,400 words. Working together, how many days will it take Jessica and Maurice to text the entire abridged translation of War and Peace?
A. 0.3
B. 1.3
C. 3
D. 9
E. 11.3
Kudos for the right answer and explanation
Question part of the project GRE Quantitative Reasoning Daily Challenge - (2021) EDITION
GRE - Math Book
A. 0.3
B. 1.3
C. 3
D. 9
E. 11.3
Kudos for the right answer and explanation
Question part of the project GRE Quantitative Reasoning Daily Challenge - (2021) EDITION
GRE - Math Book
Since the answer choices are somewhat spread apart, we can probably use some estimation...
Jessica can text 85 words per minute, while Maurice can text 10 words per minute
So, COMBINED, they can text 95 words per minute
Let's round this up to 100 words per minute
So, the number of words PER HOUR = (100)(60) = 6000
And, the number of words PER DAY = (24)(6000) ≈ (25)(6000) ≈ 150,000
So, COMBINED, the two people can text approximately 150,000 words per day
Working together, how many days will it take Jessica and Maurice to text 410,400 words?
Time = output/rate
= 410,400/150,000
≈3
Answer: C
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Re: Jessica can text 85 words per minute, while Maurice can text 10 words
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Given that Jessica can text 85 words per minute, while Maurice can text 10 words per minute. An abridged English translation of Tolstoy’s War and Peace contains 410,400 words. And we need to find Working together, how many days will it take Jessica and Maurice to text the entire abridged translation of War and Peace?
Rate of Jessica = 85 words/min
Rate of Maurice = 10 words/min
When they work together then their Combined Rate = Rate of Jessica + Rate of Maurice = 85 + 10 = 95words/min
Using, Rate * Time = Work Done
=> 95 words/min * Time = 410,400 words
=> Time = 410,400/95 mins = 4,320mins = 4320/60 hours = 72hours = 72/24 days = 3 days
So, Answer will be C
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Rate of Jessica = 85 words/min
Rate of Maurice = 10 words/min
When they work together then their Combined Rate = Rate of Jessica + Rate of Maurice = 85 + 10 = 95words/min
Using, Rate * Time = Work Done
=> 95 words/min * Time = 410,400 words
=> Time = 410,400/95 mins = 4,320mins = 4320/60 hours = 72hours = 72/24 days = 3 days
So, Answer will be C
Hope it helps!
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