SOLUTION: Klein read 30 pages of a book on Monday and 1/8 of the book on Tuesday. He completed the remaining 1/4 of the book on Wednesday. How many pages are there in the book? Please show u

Question 1062129: Klein read 30 pages of a book on Monday and 1/8 of the book on Tuesday. He completed the remaining 1/4 of the book on Wednesday. How many pages are there in the book? Please show us how to find the answer to this problem. Thank you!
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
So call the fraction of the book read on Monday, , and the total number of pages, ,

So 5/8ths of the book is equal to 30 pages,

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