x will be the pages he needs to read in each of 7 days to complete the book..... he has read 55 pages of the book already....so he has 300- 55= 245 pages left to read in 7 days 245/7 = 35 pages a day to complete the book in 7 days:
7x+55 >=300 subtract the 55 pages he has read from both sides
7x>=245 now divide by 7 days
x >= 35 he has to read at least 35 pages each day to finish in seven days