SOLUTION: Peter is reading a 193-page book. He has read three pages more than one fourth of the number of pages he hasn�t yet read. How many pages has he not yet read? Estimate how many days

Question 511110: Peter is reading a 193-page book. He has read three pages more than one fourth of the number of pages he hasn�t yet read. How many pages has he not yet read? Estimate how many days it will take Peter to finish the book if he reads about 8 pages per day.
Answer by htmentor(1343) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let n = the number of pages not read
Then the number of pages read = n/4 + 3
Since the total number of pages is 193, we have
n + n/4 + 3 = 193
5n/4 = 190
n = 152
At 8 pages per day it will take 152 pages/ 8 pages/day = 19 days
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