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When Nayeli and Filémon have the same number of pages left, how many pages will that be?

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When Nayeli and Filémon have the same number of pages left, they will each have approximately 20 pages left.

First find how many pages each manuscript has remaining at a rate of 11 pages per hour:

75 pages - 11 pages/hour * t = 0 pages

40 pages - 4 pages/hour * t = 0 pages

Solve for t to find the number of hours it takes them both to have no pages left:

75 pages - 11 pages/hour * t = 40 pages - 4 pages/hour * t

35 pages = 7 pages/hour * t

t = 5 hours

Then multiply the number of hours by the slower line editor's rate to find how many pages remain:

5 hours * 4 pages/hour = 20 pages

Therefore, when Nayeli and Filémon have the same number of pages left, they will each have approximately 20 pages left.

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