Asked by izyah

Maria has already written Two-fifths of her 1,000 word essay. If she continues writing at the same pace of 6One-half words per minute, which expression shows the amount of time it will take her to write the rest of the essay?

1000 times two-fifths times StartFraction 13 Over 2 EndFraction
1000 times two-fifths divided by StartFraction 13 Over 2 EndFraction
1000 times three-fifths times StartFraction 13 Over 2 EndFraction
1000 times three-fifths divided by StartFraction 13 Over 2 EndFraction

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Remaining words = 1000*(1 - 2/5) = 1000*(3/5). Rate = 6 1/2 = 13/2 words/min. Time = (1000*(3/5)) ÷ (13/2).

So the correct choice is: 1000 times three-fifths divided by StartFraction 13 Over 2 EndFraction (which equals 1200/13 ≈ 92.3 minutes).