Help- i dont really understand it

For a read-a-thon, jay and odhràn each started reading a book at the same time and continued reading for several hours. jay's book had 278 pages, and he read 55 pages per hour. odhràn's book had 238 pages, and he read 45 pages per hour. after how many hours did they have the same number of pages left, and how many pages were left?

Which of the following expressions are equivalent ?

Isuck at math ; ^; m a student solved this problem and said the answer is 3 feet. chase had a roll of ribbon that contained 7 7/8  feet of ribbon. he cut off one piece that was 3 5/8  feet long and another piece that was 1 1/4  feet from the roll. how much ribbon was left on the roll? is the student's answer reasonable? yes, the answer is reasonable. no, the answer is not reasonable. it should be about 2 feet. no, the answer is not reasonable. it should be about 13 feet. no, the answer is not reasonable. it should be about 4 feet.