Question

James and Simon have a reading assignment to complete. James has read r pages, and Simon has read 75 pages. Together they have read a total of 200 pages.

Answer 1

r + 75 = 200 . You take away 75 from 200 and r = 125 so 125 is the answer

Answer 2

James has read 125 pages.

Explanation:

To find the answer it is necessary to express the information given as an equation, in this case:

`r+75=200`

Where:

r represents the number of pages read by James,

75 is the number of pages read by Simon,

200 is the number of pages they have read together

Then, subtract 75 on both sides of the equation:

`r+75-75=200-75`

`r=125`

Thus, the number of pages read by James is 125.