Human: 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? Assistant:
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.