SOLUTION: I read 2/3 of a book on first day and 3/5 of the remaining pages on second day still 40 pages left for the third day find out how many pages does the book contain

Question 1084202: I read 2/3 of a book on first day and 3/5 of the remaining pages on second day still 40 pages left for the third day find out how many pages does the book contain
Found 2 solutions by math_helper, josmiceli:
Answer by math_helper(2461) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = number of pages
After reading 2/3 on the first day, there are 1/3 pages remaining, so:

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Check: 300 * 2/3 = 200 pages read on first day (leaving 100)
100 * 3/5 = 60 pages read on 2nd day (leaving 40, ok)
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the number of pages in the book
"I read 2/3 of a book on first day"
That is
That leaves 1/3 of the pages left
That is
3/5 of the remaining pages is:

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Now I can say:

Multiply both sides by

The book has 300 pages
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check:
pages on the 1st day
There are 100 pages left
pages on the 2nd day
There are pages left
That is correct

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