joseph typed a 1200 word essay in 25 minutes. at this rate, determine how many words he can type in 45 minutes.

In 45 minutes, Joseph would have written 1,920 words

There is more than one way to attack this problem.

One way is to, first, find how many words he types per minute:     1200 / 25  =  48 words per minute

And then:  at this rate for 45 minutes, he can type  48 x 45  =  2160 words.

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