Question

Two students Are reading a novel Ashley read 10 pages per day Carly reads eight pages per day but she starts early and is already on page 40 write a system of equations to represent the situation using D for days and P for pages are reading a novel Ashley reads 10 pages per day Carly reads eight pages per day but she starts early and is already on page 40 write a system of equations to represent the situation using D for days in PE for pages

Answer 1

• P = 10D
• P = 8D +40

Explanation:

Ashley's page count is ...

P = 10D

Carly's page count is ...

P = 8D +40

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The page count is the product of the pages per day and the number of days. Since Carly started with a page count of 40, that is added to the product.