At the given rate of reading, the time it will take to read 12 pages is;
18 minutes.
We are told that tommy reads two thirds of a page in a minute.
Thus;
Time to read a page will be gotten by proportion as;
Time to read a page = 1/(2/3)
⇒ 3/2 = 1.5 minutes
Since a page takes 1.5 minutes to read, then;
12 pages will take; 12 * 1.5
⇒ 18 minutes
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