Ask Question
11 March, 23:23

Last Monday, two law students met up at café Literatura after school to read the pages they were assigned in the legal methods class. Alejandro can read 1 page per minute, and he has read 28 pages so far. Carly, who has a reading speed of 2 pages per minute has read 12 pages so far.

Part A: Define the variables and write two equations to represent the number of pages that each student read.

Variables:

Alejandro:

Carly:

+1
Answers (1)
  1. 11 March, 23:50
    0
    Step-by-step explanation:

    Variables:

    let x be the number of minutes

    let y be the total number of pages read

    Use the form y = mx + b

    "b" is irrelevant in this context because the initial value is 0 (they have not read it before or it is not given)

    m is the rate, how fast they can read, how many pages each minute

    Alejandro:

    28 = 1x <=Simplify because any number multiplied by 1 is itself.

    28 = x

    Carly:

    12 = 2x
Know the Answer?
Not Sure About the Answer?
Find an answer to your question 👍 “Last Monday, two law students met up at café Literatura after school to read the pages they were assigned in the legal methods class. ...” in 📗 Mathematics if the answers seem to be not correct or there’s no answer. Try a smart search to find answers to similar questions.
Search for Other Answers