Question

Nora and Lila are reading the same novel for book club. Nora is on page 128 and plans to read 8 pages per day until the next club meeting. Lila is

on page 102 and plans to read 12 pages per day until the next club meeting.
After how many days of reading will Nora and Lila be on the same page of the book? What page will they be on?
Nora and Lila will be on the same page after
days of reading. On that day, they will both be on page

Answer 1

Lila will have read to 186

Nora will be on page 184

Explanation:

Answer 2

On day 7, they will both be on page 184.

Explanation:

System of equations

1) make the equations: y=8x+128 and y=12x+100

2) solve for x or y

3) then substitute the known variable to find the other