When I finished reading 24 pages from a book I found that I had still 3/5th of the book left to read. How many pages are there in the whole book?
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Answer:
The book has a total of 80 pages.
Working backwards is probably the most efficient way to solve this problem.
You read 2/5 of the remainder on Sunday. That means 3/5 of the remainder are unread (1- 2/5). It is given that 36 pages are unread. Therefore 3/5 of the remainder is equal to 36. Set up equation and solve for x which will be the remainder
3/5x=36
x=36(5/3)
x=60
Therefore, when you finished reading on Saturday, you still had 60 pages left to read.
We know that you read 1/4 of the book on Saturday. That means when you finished reading on Saturday you still had 3/4 of the book left to read. We just determined that this was equal to 60 pages. So set up equation and solve.
3/4x=60
x=80
So the book had a total of 80 pages.
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Answer:
There are a whole of 60 pages in the book.
Step-by-step explanation:
If 3/5th of the book is left, then I have completed 2/5th of a book which is 24 pages.
Therefore, 3/5 * 100 = 60 pages (* means multiplied)