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Miguel and Kat are reading the same book. Miguel reads 5 times as many
pages of the book as Kat. Together they read 54 pages. Write an equation
that can be used to find how many pages Kat read.

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Answer:


k=(m)/(5)

Explanation:

Let Kat reads k pages of the book.

Miguel reads 5 times as many pages of the book as Kat. So,

m = 5k ...(1)

Together they read 54 pages. i.e.

m+k = 54 ...(2)

From equation (1),


k=\frac{m}5{}

Hence, the equation that can be used to find how many pages Kat read is equal to
(m)/(5).

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