Carol reads four times as many pages than John. They read 40 pages together. How many more pages did Carol read than John.
My answer is Carol read 16 pages more than John. Am I correct.
Let x = the number of pages that John read.
x + 4x = 40
5x = 40
x = 8
John read 8 pages.
Carol read 8 * 4 = 32 pages
32 + 8 = 40
To solve this problem, we can break it down into two equations and use algebra.
Let's assume that John read x pages. Since Carol reads four times as many pages as John, we can say that Carol read 4x pages.
The total number of pages read is given as 40, so we can set up the equation:
x + 4x = 40
Combining like terms, we get:
5x = 40
To isolate x, we divide both sides of the equation by 5:
x = 8
Now we can substitute the value of x back into our equation to find Carol's number of pages:
4x = 4 * 8 = 32
Therefore, Carol read 32 pages and John read 8 pages.
To find out how many more pages Carol read than John, we can subtract John's number of pages from Carol's:
32 - 8 = 24
Hence, Carol read 24 more pages than John.
Therefore, your answer is incorrect. Carol actually read 24 pages more than John.