Question

For the past 25 days, jonathon has read for n minutes each day. His total number of minutes read is 875. Write an equation to express the number of minutes jonathon read.

Answer 1

Required equation is: 25n = 875

Explanation:

Let n be the number of minutes Jonathon read per day

Now

He read for 25 days and total 875 minutes

The equation will be:

`25n = 875`

We can solve this equation to find the number of minutes each day

Using Division property of Equality

`(25n)/(25) = (875)/(25)\\n = 35`

Hence,

Required equation is: 25n = 875