Maria read 5/8 is a book consisting of 160 pages in one day. Her friend Alia has read 40 pages more than Maria. Find the number of pages read by Alia . Express it as a fraction of the total number of pages in the book.
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Alia read 140 pages. 7/8 of total pages of book.
Step-by-step explanation:
Total number of pages = 160
Fraction of pages read by Maria = 5/8
Number of pages = 5/8 × 160 = 100
Pages read by Alia = 100 + 40 = 140
Fraction of pages read by Alia = 140/160
= 7/8
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