SOLUTION: You have been given 14 days to read a 324 page book. At the beginning of day 8 you have read 161 pages. To the nearest whole number, how many pages per day do you need to average t

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Question 447254: You have been given 14 days to read a 324 page book. At the beginning of day 8 you have read 161 pages. To the nearest whole number, how many pages per day do you need to average to finish the book on day 14? Please show you how worked .
Answer by jorel1380(3719)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If it's the beginning of day 8, you have 7 days left.
324-161/7=23.28 pages/day
You need to average close to 23 pages a day to finish the book on time..

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