If two typists can type two pages in two minutes, how many typists will it take to type 72 pages in ...

If two typists can type two pages in two minutes, how many typists will it take to type 72 pages in nine minutes?

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Answer/Solution

16

Steps/Work

In 2 minutes 2 typists type 2 pages which means that in 9 minutes they will type 9 pages but to type 72 pages (8 times) we need 8 times more typists i.e. 2 x 8 = 16 typists.
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