mara and owen are reading the same novel. mara read 18 pages. owen read 36 pages.

the number of pages that owen read is ,begin emphasis, how many times, end emphasis, the number of pages that mara read?
answer options with 5 options
a. 2
b. 3
c. 9
d. 18
e. 54

So number of pages owen read =36
number of pages mara read=18

so

number that owen read is how man times number of pages mara read
'is' means equals or =

subsitute 36 for owen pages
subsitute 18 for mara pages

36=how many times 18
36=x times 18
2 times 18=x times 18
divide both sides by 18
2=x

answer is 2
answe is A

A. -10 is the value of x