Question

marie is reading a 271 - page book. she has already read 119 pages. she uses the equation 119 + 8h = 271 to find out how long it will take her to finish the book if she reads at about 8 pages per hour. when she solves the equation, she gets h = 19. what does this mean in the context of the situation? marie can read 19 pages of the book in 8 hours. it will take marie 19 minutes to finish the book. it will take marie 19 hours to finish the book. marie has only 19 pages left to read in the book.

Explanation:

In the equation $119 + 8h=271$, $h$ represents the number of hours. Since $h = 19$, it means the number of hours it will take Marie to finish the book at a rate of 8 pages per hour.

Answer:

It will take Marie 19 hours to finish the book.