Question

Margaret is reading a book. the number of pages she has left to read is 276 - 35d, where d represents the number of days she has been reading.

what does each part of the expression represent?

(note - not all options may be used)

a) the number of pages she has read during 1 week
b) the total number of pages in the book
c) the number of pages in the book
d) the number of pages she has read during d days

Answer 1

a) The number of pages she has read during 1 week is not part of the expression
b)The total number of pages in the book is not given so it is not part of the expression
c) The number of pages in the book is not given so it is not a part of the expression
d)Based on this information Margaret reads at a rate of 35d where d represents the number of days she has been reading. 35 represents the number of pages read per day so 35 times d would give us her rate she reads for the number of days Margaret has been reading.

Answer 2

Option b , c and d are the part of the expression .

Explanation:

We are given that the number of pages she has left to read is 276 - 35d

d represents the number of days she has been reading.

276 denotes the total number of pages

35 pages denotes the number of pages read per day

35 d represents the number of pages she has read during d days

276 - 35d represents teh reamining pages

So, Option b , c and d are the part of the expression .