Question

If you can help me with this whole thing i will be forever in your dept

Answer 1

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Answer:

6 days

210 pages

Step-by-step explanation:

As stipulated by the question, let the number of days Amir has been reading be x and the number of pages he had read to be y.

Now since he reads 35 pages per day.

Then mathematically;

y = 35x

For Jesse, He started reading a day before, this means that the number of days he had read would be x + 1. Since he reads 30 per day, the total number of pages he would have read is 30(x+1)

To find the number of days which is x, we have to assume that at a point in time, the number of books they would have read would be the same meaning that

Also; y = 30(x + 1)

Equating the two situations

35x = 30(x + 1)

35x = 30x + 30

35x -30x = 30

5x = 30

x = 30/5

x = 6 days

This means that it will take Amir 6 days to catch Jese.

The number of books they would have read by then is y = 35x = 30(x + 1)

= 35 * 6 or 30(6+1)

= 210

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

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Step-by-step explanation:

1. y = 35x

2. y = 30x + 1

3. y = 35x

   y = 30 x + 1

4. Its more convenient to substitute y because It's easier.

    35x = 30(x + 1)

5.  35x = 30x + 1

    35x = 30x + 30

    35x -30x = 30

    5x = 30

    x = 6    (30/5 = 6)

    35 x 6 = 210 (y)

6. Both people have read 210 pages and it takes amir 6 days to catch up.