SOLUTION: Joanna reads 2/7 of a book on the 1st day and 3/5 of the remaining on second day. if she still has 140 pages left to read, how many total pages are there in the book?

Question 1095074: Joanna reads 2/7 of a book on the 1st day and 3/5 of the remaining on second day. if she still has 140 pages left to read, how many total pages are there in the book?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = total number of pages in book
The 1st day:

( note there is of the book left to read )
The 2nd day:

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I can say:

Multiply both sides by

There are 490 pages in book
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check:

OK
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