SOLUTION: Solve the proportion 18. You are reading a book. It took you 4 days to read the first 104 pages. If you continue to read at the same rate each day, how many days will it take y

Question 115043: Solve the proportion
18. You are reading a book. It took you 4 days to read the first 104 pages. If you continue to read at the same rate each day, how many days will it take you to read the rmaining 468 pages?
Any help with this problem would be Greatly appreciated.
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, stanbon:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We simply have this relationship

4 days/104 pages = x days/ 468 pages

Start with the given ratio

Multiply both sides by 468

Multiply

Simplify

So our answer is

So it will take 18 days to read 468 pages if you continue at this rate
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

18. You are reading a book. It took you 4 days to read the first 104 pages. If you continue to read at the same rate each day, how many days will it take you to read the rmaining 468 pages?
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Let "x" be the number of days required to read 468 pages.
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EQUATION:
x/468 = 4/104
x = 468(1/26)
x = 18 days
Cheers,
Stan H.
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