Two classmates got together over the weekend to do their assigned History reading. Savannah can read 1 page per minute, while Li

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Two classmates got together over the weekend to do their assigned History reading. Savannah can read 1 page per minute, while Li

am can read 3 pages per minute. When they met, Savannah had already read 62 pages, and Liam had already gotten through 2 pages. After a while, they both read the same number of pages. How many pages had each one read? How long did that take?

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Gemiola [76] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-29T10:13:23+03:00

Gemiola [76]2 years ago

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Answer:

The had read the books for 12 minutes.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of minutes be x.

Tess = 51 + 1x

Ronald = 15 + 4x

When both read the same number of pages :

51 + 1x = 15 + 4x

3x = 36

x = 12