SOLUTION: You and a friend are both reading a book. You read two pages every minute and have already read 55 pages. You friend reads 3 pages every minute and has already read 35 pages. Write

Question 1037059: You and a friend are both reading a book. You read two pages every minute and have already read 55 pages. You friend reads 3 pages every minute and has already read 35 pages. Write an equation that will determine how many more minutes you and your friend need to read to be on the same page. Use m for the number of minutes.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y, pages according to page number label
x, minutes as variable
m, pages per minute reading speed
b, y-intercept for when x is zero
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Variables were assigned differently than you said. We want to solve for x number of minutes.

YOU

FRIEND

You and friend on the same page:
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