Question

Gordon's friend, Kendrick, selected Myopia. He read eight pages in class on October 19th and begins reading again on October 23rd. He needs to read at least 350 pages by the end of the day on October 28th. Write and solve an inequality to represent this situation and graph the solution on a number line. Let p represent the number of pages read per day. How many pages must Kendrick read per day to accomplish his goal?

Answer 1

First off, how many pages did Kendrick read? 8. How many days does Kendrick have left until he needs to have read 350 pages? 6. Using those facts, write an equation; 8 + 6p = 350.

To solve that equation, first subtract 8 from 350 to get 342. Doing this will isolate the variable, which is 6p. You will end up with this; 6p = 342. With this equation, divide both sides of the equation by 6.

In conclusion, your final answer should be 57 pages.