Luis wants to read a 230 page book. on the first day he reads 21 pages, he would like to finish the book in 14 days. if he reads equal amounts the rest of the week, how many pages should he read in those 14 days? write and solve the equation of the form px+q=r
Let x be the number of pages Luis should read each day for the rest of the week.
In 14 days, he would have read 14 - 1 = <<14-1=13>>13 days.
His total reading in those 13 days would be 13x + 21 pages.
Since he needs to finish the book in 14 days, then 13x + 21 = 230.
Subtracting 21 from both sides, we get 13x = 230 - 21 = 209.
Dividing both sides by 13, we get x = 209/13 = 16.076923076923077.
Rounded to the nearest whole number, Luis should read 16 pages each day for the rest of the week. Answer: \boxed{16}.