Question

For every 5 pages in a book Fred reads, Lonnie reads 4 pages. In 1 hour, they read a combined total of 36 pages. How many pages did Lonnie read?

Answer 1

Answer:

Hence the number of pages read by Lonnie is 16 pages when they read a combined of 36 pages.

Step-by-step explanation:

The table that can be formed by the rate at which they study the number of pages of a book is:

Fred     Lonnie       total

 5           4                9

 10          8               18

 15          12              27

 20         16              36

That means when they read a combined of 36 pages.

Then the number of pages read by Fred is 20 pages.

and the number of pages read by Lonnie is 16 pages.

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Also it could be done as :

Let Fred reads 'x' pages.

so, the number of pages read by Lonnie is: (4/5)x

Hence,

x+(4/5)x=36

on solving this linear equation we have:

x=20

and (4/5)x=16

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Hence the number of pages read by Lonnie is 16 pages when they read a combined of 36 pages.