Ian can type 1/3 of a page in 3/4 of a minute determine the pages per minute

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To find the rate at which Ian can type in pages per minute, we can first find out how much of a page he can type in 1 minute.

Ian can type 1/3 of a page in 3/4 of a minute. To find out how much he can type in 1 minute, we can set up a proportion:

(1/3) page / (3/4) minute = x pages / 1 minute

Cross multiply:

(1/3) * 1 = (3/4) * x

1 / 3 = 3x / 4

4 = 9x

x = 4/9

Therefore, Ian can type 4/9 of a page in 1 minute. This means that he can type approximately 0.444 pages per minute.