SOLUTION: Yesterday Jack read 2/5 of his book. Today, he read 3/4 of the rest of the book. Jack still has 36 pages left to read. How many pages does the book have?

Question 882434: Yesterday Jack read 2/5 of his book. Today, he read 3/4 of the rest of the book. Jack still has 36 pages left to read. How many pages does the book have?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

 

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 20x - 8x - 15x + 6x = 720

    3x = 720

     x = 240

CHECKING our answer***

240 - 96 - 180 + 72 = 36

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