Question

Wren and Jenni are reading the same book. Wren is on page 12 and reads 4 pages every night. Jenni is on page 4 and reads 5 pages every night. After how many nights will they have read the same number of pages? How many pages will that be? Graph the system

Answer 1

Night 1-
               Wren 12
               Jenni 4
Night 2-
               Wren 16
               Jenni 9
Night 3-
               Wren 20
               Jenni 14
Night 4-
               Wren 24
               Jenni 19
Night 5-
               Wren 28
               Jenni 24
Night 6-
               Wren 32
               Jenni 29
Night 7-
               Wren 36
               Jenni 34
Night 8-
               Wren 40
               Jenni 39
Night 9-
               Wren 44
               Jenni 44
It would be 9 nights.
Graph using (x) and (y), Wren being (x) and Jenni being (y)