6. Kate reads 60 pages of a book on the first day. This is 20% more than the number of pages she reads on the second day. Given that she reads of the book on the 6. second day, find the number of pages in the book.
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On first day Kate reads 60 pages
On the second day she reads 20% of 60 less = 60 - 12
= 48 pages.
If 48 pages are equal to 1/6 of the book
then, there are 6 x 48 pages in total
= 288 pages.
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288 pages
Step-by-step explanation:
pages read on the second day= 80% of 60 =48
as it is 20% less than the first day
1/6 of the book is read on the second day
so 48 into 6= 288
1/6 is 48/288
the total number of pages in the book are= 288
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