Jada read 158-page novel. She read the same number of pages, "p", each day for 8 days. On the ninth day, she read the remaining 12 pages. The equation shows this situation. 158 =8 p +12 Solve the equation for the value of "p", the number of pages Jada read each day.

X+y=-4 x-y=2 use elimination with adding and subtraction

Ascientist places 24 cells in a petri dish. she knows the cells grow at an exponential rate, doubling in number every hour. how long will it take (in hours) for there to be 1100 cells in the dish? time to 1100 cells: 5.51832530 hours how long will it take to reach 110 cells? time to 110 cells : 2.1963972 hours what is the average rate of change in the number of cells between 9 hours and 11 hours? average rate of change: cells per hour what is the instantaneous rate of change after 7 hours? instantaneous rate of change: cells per hour note: you can earn partial credit on this problem.

Select the correct answer and solve for y