Arlene read 30 pages. That is 10 pages more than half of the pages Taylor read. How many pages did Taylor read?

Write an equation in the form px+q=r to represent this problem.

1 answer

Let x represent the number of pages Taylor read.

Half of the pages Taylor read is x/2.

10 pages more than half of the pages Taylor read is (x/2) + 10.

The equation to represent this problem is 30 = (x/2) + 10.