Question

Hector read a total of 735 pages in 28 days. Hector read about the same number of pages each day. How many pages did Hector read each day?

Answer 1

We will investigate how to determine the rate at which Hector reads pages.

Hector is known to read a total number of pages ( P ) in a given amount of time ( t ). The variables can be defined as follows:

$\begin{gathered} P\text{ = 735 pages} \\ t\text{ = 28 days} \end{gathered}$

We will now determine the rate at which Hector reads in a day. This ratio can be mathematically expressed as follows:

$\text{Rate = }\frac{P}{t}$

The above rate at which Hector reads pages in a day is defined as a ratio of total number or pages that he reads over a certain time period.

We can evaluate the rate as follows:

$\begin{gathered} \text{Rate = }\frac{735}{28} \\ \\ \text{Rate = 26.25 }\frac{pages}{day} \end{gathered}$

Therefore, Hector reads:

$26.25\text{ pages per day for 28 days}$