Jimmy can send 45 text messages in 3.5 minutes. At this rate, how long would it take him to send 270 messages

Answer 1

To find out how long it would take Jimmy to send 270 messages, we need to set up a proportion using the information we have.

We know that Jimmy can send 45 text messages in 3.5 minutes.

Let's call the amount of time it takes for Jimmy to send 270 text messages "x".

We can set up the proportion:

45/3.5 = 270/x

Now we can cross multiply:

45x = 3.5 * 270

Simplify:

45x = 945

Divide both sides by 45:

x = 945/45

x = 21

Therefore, it would take Jimmy 21 minutes to send 270 text messages.