Question

Margaret is reading a book. The number of pages she has left to read is 276−35d, where d represents the number of days she has been reading. What does each part of the expression represent? Drag the answer into the box to match each part of the expression.

Answer 1

Given:

The number of pages she has left to read is 276−35d, where d represents the number of days she has been reading.

To find:

The explanation of each part of the expression.

Solution:

The given expression is

`276-35d`

Here, 276 is initial number of pages or total number of pages.

d is number of days she has been reading.

-35 represents the remaining pages decreased by 35 per day.

35d is number of pages she reads in d days she has been reading.

Therefore, total number of pages is 276 and number of pages she reads each day is 35.