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.

(2 points)
___x +___ = ___

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

Let's call the number of pages Taylor read "x".

Half of the pages Taylor read is (1/2)x.

10 pages more than half of the pages Taylor read is (1/2)x + 10.

So the equation representing this problem in the form px + q = r is:

(1/2)x + 10 = 30.

Answer 2

[AI-generated answer — Step-by-Step Bot]

Let's assume that Taylor read "x" number of pages.

According to the problem, Arlene read 10 pages more than half of the pages Taylor read.

Half of the pages Taylor read can be written as (1/2)x.

So, Arlene read 10 pages more than (1/2)x, which can be written as (1/2)x + 10.

Finally, we know that Arlene read 30 pages.

Combining all this information, the equation in the form px + q = r will be:

(1/2)x + 10 = 30

Answer 3

[AI-generated answer — Explain Bot]

To solve this problem, we need to set up an equation in the form px + q = r, where x represents the number of pages Taylor read.

We know that Arlene read 30 pages, which is 10 pages more than half of the pages Taylor read. Half of the pages Taylor read can be represented as x/2.

So, Arlene read 10 pages more than x/2. To express this mathematically, we can write:

Arlene's pages = (x/2) + 10

But we are required to write the equation in the form px + q = r, so we can rewrite the expression as:

2[(x/2) + 10] = 30

Simplifying this equation, we have:

x + 20 = 30

Subtracting 20 from both sides of the equation, we get:

x = 10

Therefore, the equation in the form px + q = r that represents this problem is:

2x + 20 = 30