Question

Dominick reads 7 pages a day and is on page 23. catie reads 8 pages a day and is on page 15. write and solve an equation to represent the situation. how many days will it take for the pages to be the same number. how many page will each of them be at.

Answer 1

Dominick : 23 + 7x page
Catie : 15 + 8x page

23 + 7x = 15 + 8x
get x = 8 (days)
and the final page is 79