Jesse and Amir were assigned the same book to read. Jesse started reading on Saturday, and he is reading 30 pages a day. Amir didn't start until Sunday, but he is reading 35 pages a day.

How many days will it take Amir to catch up to Jesse, and how many pages will they each have read?

Answer the questions to solve this problem using a system of equations.

1. Write an equation to represent the number of pages Amir has read. Use x to represent the number of days Amir has been reading and y to represent the number of pages he has read.

The total number of pages that he read will be 210 pages.

Based on the equation given, the equation to represent Amir's information will be:

y = 35 × x

y = 35x

Jesse's equation will be:

y = 30(x + 1)

Then, we'll equate both equations together. This will be:

35x = 30(x + 1)

35x = 30x + 30

35x - 30x = 30

5x = 30

x = 30/5

x = 6

Therefore, the number of pages read will be:

y = 35x

y = 35 × 6

y = 210 pages.

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6 days

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Step-by-step explanation:

As stipulated by the question, let the number of days Amir has been reading be x and the number of pages he had read to be y.

Now since he reads 35 pages per day.

Then mathematically;

y = 35x

For Jesse, He started reading a day before, this means that the number of days he had read would be x + 1. Since he reads 30 per day, the total number of pages he would have read is 30(x+1)

To find the number of days which is x, we have to assume that at a point in time, the number of books they would have read would be the same meaning that

Also; y = 30(x + 1)

Equating the two situations

35x = 30(x + 1)

35x = 30x + 30

35x -30x = 30

5x = 30

x = 30/5

x = 6 days

This means that it will take Amir 6 days to catch Jese.

The number of books they would have read by then is y = 35x = 30(x + 1)

= 35 * 6 or 30(6+1)

= 210