Question

Tina and zuri are reading the same copy of the same book for a summer reading assignment tiana has already read 16 pages tiana reads 22 pages per day until the book is finished zuri has already read 24 pages zuri reads 18 pages per day until the book is finished one day the two students notice that they are on the same page what page number are they on when they have read the same amount of the book?

Answer 1

Answer: Tina has read 16 pages and reads 22 pages per day until the book is finished.

Zuri has read 24 pages and reads 18 pages per day until the book is finished.

We can use this information to set up an equation to represent the number of pages read by each student over a certain number of days.

Let's call the page number they are on when they read the same amount of the book "p"

We can set up the equation as follows:

16 + 22d = 24 + 18d = p

Now we can solve for p by combining like terms:

16 + 22d = 24 + 18d

4d = 8

d = 2

Now we know that it takes 2 days for Tina and Zuri to read the same amount of the book.

Now we can use this value of d to find out what page they are on when they read the same amount of the book.

p = 16 + 22*2 = 16 + 44 = 60

So Tina and Zuri are on page 60 when they have read the same amount of the book.

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