Alene read 30 pages. That is 10 pages more than half of the pages Taylor read. How many pages did Taylor read?
Write an equation in the form px+q=r to represent this problem
Let's represent the number of pages Taylor read as x.
Half of the pages Taylor read is (1/2)x.
10 pages more than half of the pages Taylor read is (1/2)x + 10.
And Alene read 30 pages.
So the equation becomes:
(1/2)x + 10 = 30
To solve this problem, we can represent the number of pages Taylor read as a variable, let's say "x".
According to the information given, Alene read 30 pages, which is 10 pages more than half of the pages Taylor read. Half of the pages Taylor read can be represented as (1/2)x, and 10 pages more than that is (1/2)x + 10.
So, the equation in the form px + q = r that represents this problem is:
(1/2)x + 10 = 30
This equation states that half of the pages Taylor read plus 10 equals 30.
Let's let the number of pages that Taylor read be denoted by the variable "x".
According to the problem, Alene read 30 pages, which is 10 pages more than half of the pages Taylor read.
Half of the pages Taylor read can be represented as (1/2)x.
Therefore, the equation can be written as:
30 = (1/2)x + 10
This equation accurately represents the given information in the problem.