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?
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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?
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?
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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
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
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