1. mr. maxwell can write 8 1/5 paragraphs of his novel in an hour. mr. maxwell wrote 32 4/5 paragraphs today.
(a) write an equation, without solving, for how many hours mr. maxwell wrote.
(b) solve your equation to determine the number of hours mr. maxwell spent writing. show your work.

Let x= the number of hours he wrote. Hence the expression 8 1/5x. Let that equal the total accomplishments in an hour. So, 8 1/5x= 32 4/5. Now I like to work with improper fractions... 8 1/5=41/5 and 32 4/5=164/5. So. 41/5x=164/5 and x=164/5*5/41. The 5's cancel and 164/41=4, So x=4. Probably could do away with the last part if examined better or using a calculator.

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