Question

Question

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.

Answer 1

Let x represent the number of pages Taylor read.
Half of the pages Taylor read is x/2.
Arlene read 10 pages more than half of the pages Taylor read, so Arlene read x/2 + 10 pages.
The equation can be written as:
x/2 + 10 = 30