Question

Emma is organizing a 210 page book into five chapters. She has already written the first chapter, which has 50 pages. She wants to have an equal number of pages in the remaining four chapters. How many pages will each of the remaining chapters have?

Write an equation of the form px + q = r to represent the situation. Let x equal the number of pages in the remaining chapters.
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1 point
210x + 50 = 4
50x + 4 = 210
4x + 210 = 50
210x + 4 = 50
4x + 50 = 210
50x + 210 = 4

Answer 1

Let x = pages in each remaining chapter. The equation is 4x + 50 = 210.
Solve: 4x = 160, so x = 40 pages.