Verified Answer :

Divide 28.5 by 1 1/6 to get 171/7

Answer:  The speed of Oliver is \(24\dfrac{1}{3}\) pages per hour.

Step-by-step explanation:  Given that Oliver reads \(28\dfrac{1}{2}\) pages of a book in \(1\dfrac{1}{6}\) hours.

We are to express his speed in pages per hour.

We will be using the UNITARY method to solve the given problem.

Number of pages read by Oliver in \(1\dfrac{1}{6}=\dfrac{7}{6}\) hours is

\(=28\dfrac{1}{2}=\dfrac{57}{2}.\)

Therefore, the number of pages read by Oliver in 1 hour is given by

\(\dfrac{57}{2}\times\dfrac{6}{7}=24\dfrac{3}{7}.\)

Thus, the speed of Oliver is \(24\dfrac{1}{3}\) pages per hour.