SOLUTION: Jay's favorite book is 182 pages less than three times Mitchel's favorite book. If both books have the same number of pages, how many pages are in Jay's book? My daughter has th

Question 512841: Jay's favorite book is 182 pages less than three times Mitchel's favorite book. If both books have the same number of pages, how many pages are in Jay's book?
My daughter has this for homework in 4th grade!! What grade level do you feel is appropriate for this type of question? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!!
Answer by geetha_rama(94) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let X be the number of pages in Mitchel's book
Mumber of pages in Jay's book = 3X - 182
Both the books have same no: of pages
=> X = 3X - 182
=> 2X = 182
X = 91
Both the books have 91 pages
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