Question

Over the summer, Maria read 2 books per week, and Janet read 4 books per week. Prior to the summer, Maria had read 28 books, and Janet had read 16 books. After w weeks, they had each read the same number of books. Write an equation to represent this situation. Then, solve the equation.

Answer 1

6 WEEKS

2x + 28 = 4x + 16

Answer 2

2w = Maria read 4w = janet 32 is the number of books they both read because it was common 2, 4, 6,8...... 32 ⇔ 4,8,12,16.......32√