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Answer each question.(a) If it takes $m$ hours to grade a set of papers, what is the grader's rate (in job per hour)?(b) How much of the job will the grader do in 2 hr?
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It is given that it takes $m$ hours to grade a set of papers. We are asked to find the grader's rate in jobs per hour. The rate is defined as the amount of work done per unit time. In this case, the "work" is grading a set of papers and the "time" is $m$ hours. Show more…
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