Maria read a 300 page book in 5 days. On the first day, she read 80 pages. Each day after that, she read the same number of pages, p. Write an equation that can be used to determine the number of pages, p read on each day after the first day

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Strickland

16 June, 19:34

Maria read a 300 page book in 5 days. On the first day, she read 80 pages. Each day after that, she read the same number of pages, p. Write an equation that can be used to determine the number of pages, p read on each day after the first day

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Kale Mercer · Answer 1

55

Step-by-step explanation:

first you take away 80 from 300

300-80=220

then you divide 220 by the number of days left which would be 4 because 5-1=4

220/4=55

so your answer is 55

Cali Kaiser · Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

After the first day, 4 days will be left for Maria to complete the book.

let x represent the total number of pages of the book

no of pages read each day = (x-80) / 4

p = (300-80) / 4

p = 220/4 = 105 pages