Jared is reading a 300-page book he borrowed from the library. So far, he has only read 85 pages. He has 5 more days to read the book until he returns it to the library. How many pages must he read on average per day in order to finish the book before he returns it to the library? Write an equation that represents the problem. Define any variables.

Solve the equation. Show all work.

Explain what the solution represents.

It should take him about 4 days

answer: first option i.e. 'a' is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

since we have given that

number of minutes to wrap a small gift box = 4 minutes

we need to find the number of gifts to be wrapped in 5 minutes

since there is a direct variation, as the number of minutes will increase with   number of gifts to be wrapped.

so, let the number of gifts to be wrapped in 5 minutes be x.

so, it becomes,

hence, first option 'a'   is correct.

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