John has read the first 114 pages of a novel. he has read 3 pages less than one-third of the novel. write an equation to describe the total number of pages p in the novel, and find the value of p. hell,

If John reads three more pages, he has read a third of the book. Therefore (114+3) = 1/3 * p. 117 = 1/3p Multiply both sides by 3 to isolate p. 351 = p. 351 pages are in the novel.

Look, when you want to do something like put it like x^2. x2 could mean x² or x₂. so to clear confusion, know the notation. to find the product multiply the x's and you get -8x and the y's and you get 6y. since it's all being multiplied it is just -8x6y, or answer a. although the better answer is -48xy(combining -8 and 6) because you should multiply constants whenever you can.