Question

Two classmates got together over the weekend to do their assigned History reading. Savannah can read 1 page per minute, while Liam can read 3 pages per minute. When they met, Savannah had already read 62 pages, and Liam had already gotten through 2 pages. After a while, they both read the same number of pages. How many pages had each one read? How long did that take?

Answer 1

The had read the books for 12 minutes.

Explanation:

Let the number of minutes be x.

Tess = 51 + 1x

Ronald = 15 + 4x

When both read the same number of pages :

51 + 1x = 15 + 4x

3x = 36

x = 12