### Instruction: My friend reads three times as fast as I do. If it takes me 2 hours to read a novella, how many minutes will it take my friend to read the same novella?### Response: I want to compare how long it takes me and my friend to read the same novella.
Since my friend reads three times as fast as I do, that means I take three times as long as my friend to read the same amount of text.
So, if it takes me 2 hours to read the novella, it will take my friend one-third of that time, or 2/3 hours.
To convert hours to minutes, I need to multiply by 60.
So, 2/3 hours times 60 minutes per hour is 40 minutes.
Therefore, it will take my friend 40 minutes to read the same novella that I read in 2 hours.