Question

Jen wrote ten times as many pages of a school report as tom. They wrote 396 pages altogether. How many pages did each student write

Answer 1

Let pages written by Tom for a school report = x

Pages written by Jen for school report= 10 x

Pages written by Tom + Pages written by Jen = 396

→ x  + 10 x = 396

→ 11 x =396

Dividing both sides by 11, we get

→ x =36,

Pages wrote by Tom= 36 pages

Pages wrote by Jen = 36 × 10=360 pages