Question

Pedro and Bella are reading the same book for their language-arts class. On Saturday, Pedro starts the day at page 20 and reads at an average rate of 25 pages per hour. Bella starts reading at the same time, but she starts at page 60 and reads at an average rate of 18 pages per hour.

Answer 1

Answer: If Pedro starts reading at page 20 and reads at an average rate of 25 pages per hour, and Bella starts reading at the same time but starts at page 60 and reads at an average rate of 18 pages per hour,

We can use the formula: distance = rate x time

To find out when they will meet we need to find out when they are on the same page.

let's say t be the time in hours, Pedro will be reading t25 pages, and Bella will be reading t18 pages.

So we can write the equation: 20+t25 = 60+t18

Solving this equation we get t = 2

So, they will meet after 2 hours.

Pedro will be on page 20+225 = 70, and Bella will be on page 60+218 = 96

So they will meet at page 70 when Pedro reaches that page after 2 hours of reading, which means Bella will have read 26 pages more than Pedro on that point.

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