Willow is rereading her favorite book. She starts the day on page 15. Looking at the clock, she realizes that she can read 2 pages every minute. Linear equation form, please and thank you. :)

Answer 1

To express Willow's reading in the form of a linear equation, we can define the following variables:

• Let \( t \) represent the time in minutes that Willow spends reading.
• Let \( p \) represent the page number she is on after \( t \) minutes.

Since Willow starts on page 15 and reads 2 pages every minute, we can describe her reading with the following equation:

\[ p = 2t + 15 \]

In this equation:

• The term \( 2t \) represents the total number of pages she reads after \( t \) minutes.
• The constant \( 15 \) represents the starting page.

So, the linear equation showing how the page number \( p \) changes with time \( t \) is \( p = 2t + 15 \).