Question

the 3 most recent novels in oprah's best novel club have a combined total of 1200 pages. novel 2 has 24 less than twice the number of pages in novel 1, while novel 3 has 176 more pages than novel 1.how many pages does each novel have?

Answer 1

Let No. of pages in novel1 be x
No. of pages in novel2= 2x-24
No. of pages in novel3= 176+x
The equation goes as: 4x+152= 1200
Solving this, we get x as 262.

∴Novel1 has 262, novel2 has 500, novel3 has 438 pages respectively. OKAY?

Answer 2

let the number of pages in novel 1 is x.

the number of pages in novel 2 is 2x-24


the number of pages in novel 3 is x+176


ATQ,X+2x-24+X+176=1200

=>4x+152=1200

=>4x=1048

=>X=262

number of pages in novel 1 is 262,in novel 2 500 and in novel 3 it's 438