Rachel is writing an essay. She writes 1 page every 30 minutes. She spends 45 minutes researching the topic. She writes a total of 6 pages. Then she spends 75 minutes editing her essay. Altogether, how many hours did she spend completing the essay? Let's be accurate as possible.
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She spends this long researching and editing her essay 45 min + 75 min = 120 min. Converting the minutes to hours for researching and editing is 120 / 60 = 2 hours. She spends this long writing the essay 6 x 30 min = 180 min. Converting the minutes to hours for writing the essay is 180 / 60 = 3 hours. The total hours Rachel spends completing the essay is 2 + 3 = 5 hours.
The answer: 5.
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