The unit rate you're trying to find is pages per day(or p/d), so the equation needs to have both a unit for pages and for days.
The equation we have is:

If they read 5,249 <em>pages</em>, then we can include the unit for pages in the equation.
Since we also know that <em>d</em> is the number of days it took, you can replace <em>d</em> with days.
The equation becomes:

Now that we have one variable, we can solve for <em>p/d</em>:

Thus it took them 181 days to read it all.
If Johnny read 5,249 pages over 181 days and the unit rate is pages per day(p/d), then the equation for finding <em>p/d</em> is:
Johnny read 29 pages per day.
Answer:
6 years
Step-by-step explanation:
First, you need to write an equation for this problem. I'll write it in slope intercept:
y = mx + b
where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept
To find m, do (change in y/change in x):
using (2, 59000) and (5, 72500),
(72500 - 59000) / (5 - 2)
= 13500 / 3
= 4500
So we have y = 4500x + b
To find b, plug in one of the points into the equation with the slope:
using (2, 59000),
y = 4500x + b
59000 = 4500(2) + b
59000 = 9000 + b
50000 = b
So now you have an equation: y = 4500x + 50000. Now that there is an equation, just insert the given y-value and solve:
when y = 77000
y = 4500n + 50000
= 77000 = 4500x + 50000
= 27000 = 4500x
= 6 = x
So, when Claire's Salary is 77000, her number of years at the company is 6.