SOLUTION: Cecilia and Tavan are reading books. Cecilia has read 3/5 of her book. Tavan has read 7/8 of his book. They have read the same number of pages. How many pages might there be in

SOLUTION: Cecilia and Tavan are reading books. Cecilia has read 3/5 of her book. Tavan has read 7/8 of his book. They have read the same number of pages. How many pages might there be in

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Question 952616: Cecilia and Tavan are reading books. Cecilia has read 3/5 of her book. Tavan has read 7/8 of his book. They have read the same number of pages. How many pages might there be in each book?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The number of pages must be evenly divisible by 5 and 8 or by 40.
So it might be a 40 page book or any integer multiple of 40 (80,120,160,...).
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