For every 4 pages Marshall reads in a book, Nik reads 3 pages. In 1 hour, they read a combined total of 35 pages. Write an equation that you can use to solve this.

Answer 1

Gen equation would be:

4x + 3x = y

where y equals the total combined number of pages read

4x + 3x = 35

solve for x

7x = 35

x = 5

where 4x = number of pages Marshall reads

4x = 4(5) = 20

where 3x = number of pages Nik reads

3x = 3(5) = 15