Answer:
0.30 of a book / hour or 3/10 of a book per hour.
Step-by-step explanation:
Usually I tell people to put the numbers into decimals. Unfortunately for this question, it won't work. So we have any choice but to do it with fractions.
r = amount / time
amount = 1/4
time = 5/6
r = [tex]\frac{\frac{1}{4} }{\frac{5}{6} }[/tex]
Invert the denominator and multiply
r = [tex]\frac{1}{4} * \frac{6}{5}[/tex]
r = 6 * 1 / (5*4) = 6/20 = 3/10
The answer is 3/10 of a book per hour
5/6 of an hour is almost an hour.
1/4 of a book is 0.25 of a book.
3/10 of a book is 0.30 of a book. So it looks like it is just about right.
