Monica reads 7 1/2 pages of a mystery book in 9 minutes. What is her average reading rate in pages per minute?

 pages per minute

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this problem you need to use the equation for rate, .

In this situation, the change is 7 1/2, since Monica finished reading 7 1/2 pages past where she started, and the time is the given 9 minutes. Plugging this into the equation you get . The fraction in this equation can be rewritten as , which simplifies to .

With these steps your answer is (and don't forget) pages per minute.

the first one is x^2+2x+2

the second one is x^2+4

the last one is x^2-4x+8

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