What is 34.287 to the nearest tenth of a minute

Matt and brian were solving a system of equations. they both noticed that the two lines had the same slope. brian said that because each line in the system had the same slope, the two lines had to be parallel, which meant the solution to the system was "no solution" matt disagreed, and said they should also look at the y-intercepts before determining how many solutions there were. who is correct?

Which is the most efficient first step to solve x in the equation 3.7x - 18 = -4.3x -34 a. add 3.7x to both sides of the equation. b. add 4.3x to both sides of the equation. c. subtract 18 from both sides of the equation. d. subtract 34 from both sides of the equation.

John read the first 114 pages of a novel, which was 3 pages less than 1/3 of the novel. write an equation to determine the total number of pages (p)(p) in the novel.