joshua is writing a novel. He wrote the same number of pages each day for $8$ days. At the end of the $8$ days he had $136$ pages complete. Write an equation relating x$,$ the number of days, to y$,$ the total pages.  

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Let x be the number of days and y be the total number of pages completed Given that Joshua wrote the same number of pages each day for 8 days we can set up the equation Number of pages written each day y x Since he wrote the same number of pages each day the total pages completed after 8 days is Total pages completed Number of pages written each day Number of days y y x 8 y 8y x y 8y x Now it is given that at the end of 8 days Joshua had 136 pages complete ... View the full answer