Question

It's going to be Lindsay's birthday soon, and her friends Martin, Sylvia, Tad, and Yvonne have contributed equal amounts of money to buy her a present. They have $25.00 to spend between them. Determine how much each contributed.
Aaron reads 9 books from the library each month for p months in a row. Write an expression to show how many books Aaron read in all. Then, find the number of books Aaron read if he read for 6 months.

Answer 1

Answer: 1) Each friend had contributed $6.25.

2)The expression to show how many books Aaron read in p months :

$y=9p$

He reads 54 books in 6 months.

Step-by-step explanation:

1) Given : The total number of friends who contributed equal amounts of money to buy a present. : 4

The total amount they have = $25

Since all the friends contributed the same amount.

Thus , the amount each had contributed :

$=\dfrac{\text{Amount collected}}{\text{Number of friends}}\\\\=\dfrac{25}{4}=6.25$

Hence, each friend had contributed $6.25.

2) Given : The number of books Aron reads each month = 9 books

Let the number of months be 'p'.

Then the expression to show how many books Aaron read in p months .

$y=9p$

Then , the  number of books Aaron read if he read for 6 months.

$y=9(6)=54$

Hence, he reads 54 books in 6 months.