Mathematics, 18.12.2020 01:00 jordan84546
Jesse and Amir were assigned the same book to read. Jesse started reading on Saturday, and he is reading 30 pages a day. Amir didn't start until Sunday, but he is reading 35 pages a day. How many days will it take Amir to catch up to Jesse, and how many pages will they each have read? Answer the questions to solve this problem using a system of equations. 1. Write an equation to represent the number of pages Amir has read. Use x to represent the number of days Amir has been reading and y to represent the number of pages he has read. Write your answer in the space below. 2. Write an equation to represent the number of pages Jesse has read. Using x, the number of days Amir has been reading, write an expression to represent the number of days Jesse has been reading. Remember that Jesse started reading one day before Amir. Use this expression to write an equation for the number of pages Jesse has read. Let y represent the number of pages read. Write your answer in the space below. 3. Write the system of equations using your answers from questions 1 and 2. Write your answer in the space below. 4. You will use substitution to solve this system. Which variable will you substitute for and why? Show the equation that results from the substitution. Write your answer in the space below. 5. Solve the system of equations. Show your work. Write your answer in the space below. 6. Interpret your solution. How many days does it take Amir to catch Jesse? At that time, how many pages have they read? Write your answer in the space below.
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Mathematics, 22.06.2019 03:30, waterborn7152
The length of a rectangular board is 3 feet less than twice its width. a second rectangular board is such that each of its dimensions is the reciprocal of the corresponding dimensions of the first rectangular board. if the perimeter of the second board is one-fifth the perimeter of the first, what is the perimeter of the first rectangular board?
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